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The '''First Great Edit War''' was an [[Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars#Caesar salad|edit war involving the national origin of the Caesar salad]]. It became famous (or rather infamous depending on POV) when it was featured on [[Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars]] and some Revolutionary veterans spoke of their horrible "blocked times". Thus, a Wikipedian [[POW-MIA]] flag came popular.

==Background==
For 16 years, there was a "debate" on whether Caesar salad was created in [[Mexico]] in 1924, or in [[Ancient Rome]] (In Moldova). Aside from its national origin, its etymology was also debated in the war.
[[File:Great-edit-war-illustration.jpg|thumb|left|A 100 percent realistic (poor) illustration on what happened at the edit war of the Caesar salad Wikipedia page.]]

==Factions==
There were two factions, like in most wars.
===[[Reactionaries]]===
They are people who said the Caesar salad was made in Mexico. Lots of anti-vandal bots classified as vandals, of course or why would we mention them?

===[[Revolutionaries]]===
They were the opposite of the [[Reactionaries]], saying it was made in Rome. They were seen as vandals who, most of them at least, didn't mean to vandal.

==Current situation==
Even though there was a moment of peace, in which a block was raised, where the reactionaries won. As soon as the block was lifted, the Italian partisan activity restarted.
[[File:A real photo of the Wikipedia page of Caesar Salad, this illustration shows the page being protected.jpg|thumb|left|Illustration shows the page for Caesar Salad protected. (Now blue locked, which isn't shown.)]]

As of now, The First Great Edit War is changing and changing, with no clear conclusion. As of February 2024, the [[Seizure|Caesar]] Salad Wikipedia page claims the place of origin to be Mexico, indeed making the Reactionaries the victorious, however no formal war has come to the end.

On January 28, 2024, the Caesar Salad was “Albanian” for 1 hour and 31 minutes (12:48-14:19 UTC±0) but was soon removed off the Wikipedia page. As a result of this, it has been unfortunately [[WP:BLUELOCK|blue locked]] until December 23, 2024.

On December 1, 2024, a book was published that confirmed that the creator of Caesar salad was Caesar Sardini, ending the war with a Reactionary victory.

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