The more I come to this site, the more I see potential. Here are some ideas that I came up with that probably the GiantBomb staff already know about:

• Cancel your Pending Subs - I edited the NCAA football 09 section with something new and just some more information. I checked this morning and found that my sub is still pending but someone already beat me to the punch. I don't mind someone doing it but I wouldn't mind canceling my pending edit if I know that page looks a lot better.
• Holding a page that is in pending mode - If I was working on some code for work, I would place a 'hold on it' while I was editing what I thought was right. I would then send it to get approved and once approved, the code will be the newest to edit for anyone else. I know this would be slower then it is already but at least I will know what I can edit a page and when I can not.
• Show a date/time of when the last edit happened - If I know it was fairly new or just really old, I might realize that I can wait or I can edit that page. Maybe even place the username just in case of abuse (for future problems to come).
  

Sounds like some decent ideas, especially the first one. I would very much have liked to cancel my first edit as it was a mistake, but they ended up accepting it anyways. Now I feel shamed :D. I could have easily cancelled it...