Makes perfect sense, and I like the idea and I believe that I have suggested something similar.

However, the best thing to do is not rate the review at all and wait until the person edits it to make a final decision. If no edits are made within a week and a half, then rate it whatever the person decides to rate it.

That's the best thing to do now. But I love the idea, thank you for suggesting this!

It does indeed sound like a fantastic idea, but I think actually working it out might be tricky.

I'm with Sir and waiting a week or so for the contributor to edit their review and go from there, at least until this idea becomes something more than an idea

That's a really cool idea! I've seen some reviews that were rated low because the first version wasn't spectacular, but the reviewers work hard to fix it! That sort of enthusiasm to improve is really good to see, so it would have been nice in those cases for there to be an option to change your vote. I'm not sure how complicated the programming to change the rating system would be, though.

For the most part, I do what Sir described. If it's someone who's relatively new and who deserves the benefit of the doubt, I'll make a note of it and wait a few days to see if the reviewer decides to edit the review.

I do that too, wait. I didn't always do it, but then realized that it's much more fair to the reviewer (unless the review would have to be completely re-written).

Patience is a virtue.

Thanks everyone. I think that is an excellent idea.