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You're on Stack Overflow and you've found a question that seems to be about improving code. You are trying to be helpful, and you put a comment in the question:

You should try asking on CodeReview.SE instead. —YourName 2 minutes ago

… and suddenly, out of nowhere CodeReview.SE users swoop in saying:

@YourName No, this isn't a good question for Code Review. —AnotherName 5 seconds ago

or they might say:

@YourName This could be a good question for Code Review, if (…) —AnotherName 5 seconds ago

Why are they saying that this isn't a good question, as it is, for Code Review? What is in scope on Code Review?

What should I look for when determining if a question should go on Code Review? And why do they sometimes seem to get so annoyed about the referral?

_{This question is Code Review's version of a similar question on Software Engineering Meta.}

You're on Stack Overflow and you've found a question that seems to be about improving code. You are trying to be helpful, and you put a comment in the question:

You should try asking on CodeReview.SE instead. —YourName 2 minutes ago

… and suddenly, out of nowhere CodeReview.SE users swoop in saying:

@YourName No, this isn't a good question for Code Review. —AnotherName 5 seconds ago

or they might say:

@YourName This could be a good question for Code Review, if (…) —AnotherName 5 seconds ago

Why are they saying that this isn't a good question, as it is, for Code Review? What is in scope on Code Review?

What should I look for when determining if a question should go on Code Review? And why do they sometimes seem to get so annoyed about the referral?

_{This question is Code Review's version of a similar question on Software Engineering Meta.}

You're on Stack Overflow and you've found a question that seems to be about improving code. You are trying to be helpful, and you put a comment in the question:

You should try asking on CodeReview.SE instead. —YourName 2 minutes ago

… and suddenly, out of nowhere CodeReview.SE users swoop in saying:

@YourName No, this isn't a good question for Code Review. —AnotherName 5 seconds ago

or they might say:

@YourName This could be a good question for Code Review, if (…) —AnotherName 5 seconds ago

Why are they saying that this isn't a good question, as it is, for Code Review? What is in scope on Code Review?

What should I look for when determining if a question should go on Code Review? And why do they sometimes seem to get so annoyed about the referral?

_{This question is Code Review's version of a similar question on Meta Programmers.SE.}

You're on Stack Overflow and you've found a question that seems to be about improving code. You are trying to be helpful, and you put a comment in the question:

You should try asking on CodeReview.SE instead. —YourName 2 minutes ago

… and suddenly, out of nowhere CodeReview.SE users swoop in saying:

@YourName No, this isn't a good question for Code Review. —AnotherName 5 seconds ago

or they might say:

@YourName This could be a good question for Code Review, if (…) —AnotherName 5 seconds ago

Why are they saying that this isn't a good question, as it is, for Code Review? What is in scope on Code Review?

What should I look for when determining if a question should go on Code Review? And why do they sometimes seem to get so annoyed about the referral?

_{This question is Code Review's version of a similar question on Software Engineering Meta.}

You're on Stack Overflow and you've found a question that isn't about fixing a problem. It's about improving code or something squishy like that. You are trying to be helpful, and you put a comment in the question:

You should try asking on CodeReview.SE instead. --YourName 2 minutes ago

... and suddenly, out of nowhere CodeReview.SE users sweep in and saying:

No, this isn't a good question for CodeReview.SE --AnotherName 5 seconds ago

or they might say:

This could be a good question for CodeReview.SE, however (...) --AnotherName 5 seconds ago

Why are they saying that this isn't a good question, as it is, for CodeReview.SE? What is in scope on that site?

What should I look for when determining if a question should go on Code Review? And while you're at it answering these questions, why do they sometimes seem to get so annoyed at these suggestions?

_{This question is Code Review's version of a similar question on Meta Programmers.SE.}

You're on Stack Overflow and you've found a question that seems to be about improving code. You are trying to be helpful, and you put a comment in the question:

You should try asking on CodeReview.SE instead. —YourName 2 minutes ago

… and suddenly, out of nowhere CodeReview.SE users swoop in saying:

@YourName No, this isn't a good question for Code Review. —AnotherName 5 seconds ago

or they might say:

@YourName This could be a good question for Code Review, if (…) —AnotherName 5 seconds ago

Why are they saying that this isn't a good question, as it is, for Code Review? What is in scope on Code Review?

What should I look for when determining if a question should go on Code Review? And why do they sometimes seem to get so annoyed about the referral?

_{This question is Code Review's version of a similar question on Meta Programmers.SE.}