1. A method for incorporating a second edit into a first edit in an electronic document, comprising: receiving, by a processor, the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document; identifying, by the processor, a shared position of the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document; determining that the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit by determining that the first edit is made by a first user with a first set of permissions and the second edit is made by a second user with a second set of permissions larger than the first set of permissions; and incorporating the second edit into the first edit when the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit.