Design Review: On-Topic Definition
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Based on the answer to:

* [Would reviewing design work be a fundamental question?](https://graphicdesign.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/444/would-reviewing-design-work-be-a-fundamental-question)
* [SE Graphic Design Appropriate for Interface Design Review?](https://graphicdesign.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/940/se-graphic-design-appropriate-for-interface-design-review),

I would think that this very specific, precisely defined design review question would be on-topic. Based on that and the specified requirements for critique questions, it would appear that the question is on-topic.

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The Question
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[Critique: Jonathan Ives iOS7: Efficient and Superficial Design Improvements vs Past iOS Versions](https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/30854/critique-jonathan-ives-ios7-efficient-and-superficial-design-improvements-vs-p)

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* The design review lists very specific questions to be answered (as specific as any review question can possibly get)
* The question goes as far as to specifically request objectively based answers:

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> In order to ensure that your reviews maintain an objective foundation,
>  please accompany any opinions with citations / examples of credible,
>  historical, or fundamental aspects of graphic design.
> 
> 
> 

And yet, based on the comments of the question, between Scott and I, as well as in the down-votes applied to the question, the format is clearly not considered acceptable for the site.

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On those grounds, I would say that no design review question can possibly be on-topic for the site.

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Conclusion
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On that same note, one might say that critiques are for personal work, while reviews can include famous works.

I argue that there is no difference. Both a review and a critique result in answers that cannot be right or wrong, regardless of the author of the work. If one is off-topic, then the other should be too. 

**Your thoughts?**