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Gaffes at a "white wedding" at Thornbury Castle, England, where even the mother of the groom is hatless and a member of the party has also worn white (Wetman's caption)

Wetman, as the supplier of the wedding photo I was astonished by your caption change. I was not the wedding photographer but came across it while out for a walk. The group were getting ready for the photos so the mother of the bride may well have had her hat behind her back ready to put on and there may well be a coloured top hidden behind the shawl on the guest! Its absolutely wrong to insult people who may, one day, see that pic. I have reverted you, Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone 13:16, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Its a very sweet wedding party and I'm sure they'll be happy. Wikipedia is not a sentimental photo album: images are illustrations of the subject of each entry. My correct caption was heartless I suppose. The subject at the entry White wedding largely concerns the traditions of a white wedding; two unbreakable traditions of dress code at an informal afternoon wedding, such as this one, are 1) hats for ladies please 2) only the bride wears white at a white wedding. I've removed the image as well, since it undercuts the meaning of the entry. No offense. The party is identifiable as what my grandmother would have called a "village wedding" by the fact that the bride alone is in full kit; the men wear dark suits. Their red "power tie" is a familiar virility signal. One dare not mention such perfectly manifest things in Wikipedia, and I did not. But they are part of the interest of the image. (If it were an upperclass wedding party, a bridesmaid in flipflops would be noted with glee at Wikipedia.) Wetman 19:19, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)