User talk:78.148.187.104

August 2018
Hello, I'm Bonadea. I noticed that you made one or more changes to an article, Wiffen, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. bonadea contributions talk 03:54, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
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Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did on Wiffen. This violates Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. bonadea contributions talk 08:59, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
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I have actually looked into the "Viking origin" claim now and there is in fact no substance to that, I'm afraid. A Dictionary of Surnames says that it is possible that the origin has to do with Old English hwit, "white" + fen, "marsh", but that is very uncertain. And the earliest known bearers of variants of the name are from the 14th century, so the 10th century Vikings seem to be pure speculation, and as such cannot be added to Wikipedia. --bonadea contributions talk 13:28, 20 August 2018 (UTC)