> If you had been allowed to edit, your edits would most likely have been reverted so fast as to be confused with an automatic process.

If you know that your edit is at risk of being reverted, you can argue for it on the talk page beforehand. Then if no one replies, you can just make the edit and mark it as "per talk"/"see talk page". If the other person reverts, you can now argue that they're in the wrong because they didn't provide a constructive objection beforehand.

It's a silly game, but it helps provide clarity when editing contentious topics.