OK, to be fair, I could have more properly identified the photo in question as a "promotional photograph" - an oversight which has been corrected.  However, as to your allegation that there is no parallel between this photo and the one for The Monkees article, if my memory serves me corectly, the Monkees photo was actually included as album art on one of their records - I think it may have been "The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees", but I'm not sure.

     As far as your hurt feelings go, it doesn't matter if you're an editor - hell, it don't matter if you're the damn founder of Wikipedia itself; to just go in and start making major changes to articles which you have had no part in authoring, without any advance discussion, is just plain rude.  And yes, I call that vandalism.  Your attitude of self-righteousness, is an excellent example of why many people are abandoning Wikipedia; as it appears to be turning into an elite universe, populated solely by those who who have no life, outside of their computer monitor.