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(1) History section (and most other sections) have no references. Inline references are required - each section should have an inline citation, see WP:CITE.
(2) Further, the entire history section is a direct copy&paste of [1], this is a WP:COPYVIO and little different from WP:PLAGIARISM. As such, the entire section should be rewritten immediately.
(3) Your text needs hyperlinks, see Wikipedia:Linking
(4) There are sections with little or no content. They need to be expanded. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 02:58, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 23:48, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
Hey everyone. I'll be reviewing this article for possible GA status. Cheers, Nikkimaria ( talk) 17:31, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
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This article has no images. While images are not a requirement for GA, the article would benefit from the addition of images to illustrate the topics being discussed and to break up the text. Consider adding an image from here
Outright there's no way this article can be GA. Major sections have no sources and a poor "list" format of traditions. The discussion of religious traditions is dubious in and of itself due to the numerous religions practiced in the US, further highlighted by the fact that only three religions appear--Judaism, Hinduism, and Christianity. There is a formatting issue with "Societal Influences" and "Types of Weddings". The article also seems biased with a sense of "normalcy" that does not seem supported by its very limited sources, violating NPOV and NOR/SPEC. Here is a list of suggested fixes:
This article needs a massive overhaul and editors are welcome to work on this. This a clear fail for GA, as it never reached beyond start-level. Luminum ( talk) 18:06, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
I know judges can marry people in a courthouse in some way in at least some parts of the US and several TV shows have featured weddings in hospital officiated by friends, for example. This isn't mentioned here — what's involved, under what circumstances is it possible, who may officiate such a marriage, what requirements are made by states on such weddings? — OwenBlacker ( talk) 14:44, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
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(1) History section (and most other sections) have no references. Inline references are required - each section should have an inline citation, see WP:CITE.
(2) Further, the entire history section is a direct copy&paste of [1], this is a WP:COPYVIO and little different from WP:PLAGIARISM. As such, the entire section should be rewritten immediately.
(3) Your text needs hyperlinks, see Wikipedia:Linking
(4) There are sections with little or no content. They need to be expanded. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 02:58, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 23:48, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
Hey everyone. I'll be reviewing this article for possible GA status. Cheers, Nikkimaria ( talk) 17:31, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
No issues noted
This article has no images. While images are not a requirement for GA, the article would benefit from the addition of images to illustrate the topics being discussed and to break up the text. Consider adding an image from here
Outright there's no way this article can be GA. Major sections have no sources and a poor "list" format of traditions. The discussion of religious traditions is dubious in and of itself due to the numerous religions practiced in the US, further highlighted by the fact that only three religions appear--Judaism, Hinduism, and Christianity. There is a formatting issue with "Societal Influences" and "Types of Weddings". The article also seems biased with a sense of "normalcy" that does not seem supported by its very limited sources, violating NPOV and NOR/SPEC. Here is a list of suggested fixes:
This article needs a massive overhaul and editors are welcome to work on this. This a clear fail for GA, as it never reached beyond start-level. Luminum ( talk) 18:06, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
I know judges can marry people in a courthouse in some way in at least some parts of the US and several TV shows have featured weddings in hospital officiated by friends, for example. This isn't mentioned here — what's involved, under what circumstances is it possible, who may officiate such a marriage, what requirements are made by states on such weddings? — OwenBlacker ( talk) 14:44, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
This article has been revised as part of a large-scale clean-up project of multiple article copyright infringement. (See the investigation subpage.) Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: https://www.deseret.com/2018/12/2/20794441/5-special-occasions-when-you-should-wear-white, https://historyofyesterday.com/a-brief-history-of-the-white-wedding-dress-80ac81b1a113, https://theconversation.com/why-do-brides-wear-white-144395, and https://symbolsage.com/white-wedding-gown-dress/. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.)
For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, and, if allowed under fair use, may copy sentences and phrases, provided they are included in quotation marks and referenced properly. The material may also be rewritten, providing it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Therefore, such paraphrased portions must provide their source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. DanCherek ( talk) 05:18, 7 February 2022 (UTC)