Yes, I do think that’s a side-effect because as far as I’m aware, we don’t distinguish between “regular edit typo” and “edit was made to a wiki”. An easy solution based on topic type would be janky (edit can be a typo fix in a wiki too), and an elegant solution would not be easy.
I understand the wiki use case, but we most likely won’t revert this change. Could be worth a feature request, if enough other users have the same issue.