> The wording suggests that the order doesn't matter (I certainly thought so), but the order as it turns out, matters.

The order *does not* matter, not for the badge counter and not for the SEDE query (it has an `abs` on the last line). Of course, if your edit is more than twelve hours before the answer, then it does not count. And tag-only edits to the question don't count either. Incidentally, the moment of the upvotes to your answer don't matter.

> but those where I edited first are not counted and do not show on SEDE.

I *am* curious for some examples of this. E.g. [here](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/q/89985/8282) you only edited the tags (and your answer is from Sunday evening, after the last SEDE refresh).