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Why are edits sometimes declined by Community, yet the actuala similar edit shows up as presentedaccepted?

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Why are edits sometimes declined by Community, yet the actual edit shows up as presented?

I have edited questions a couple of times, and will get rejected by Community (user -1) and will look at the question and it will contain the edits that I suggested. Is it a race condition possibly based on someone else editing the file at the same time?

Once, I figured it out, it was someone rejecting it, but another person taking my edits and proposing the same edit. (I talked with the editor, and this is the case.)

I find it strange behavior. And it doesn't happen often, but when it happens, The times that I have noticed it, other than the one I talked to the editor) they have had a 3k+ reputation.

But it also counts as a 'reject' even though the changes were ultimately accepted due to the result, though not the mechanism.