user55929: Yesterday, I edited various posts containing questions about ants, to add the "ant" tag. Four of these were rejected, with the same reason given:
How do ants sense imminent rainfall? - the edit was https://biology.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/62047
What happens to an ant colony when the queen dies? - the edit was https://biology.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/62048
Why don't all ants have wings? - the edit was https://biology.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/62046
Do ant pheromones indicate the direction to go? - the edit was https://biology.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/62045
In all four cases, the reason given for rejection was "This edit introduces tags that do not help to define the topic of the question. Tags should help to describe what the question is about, not just what it contains."
I can't understand how these questions could be considered not to be about ants! If the second question had been, for instance, "What happens to a social insect colony when the queen dies", then I would agree that it might contain ants, but not be about them. However, that question specifically asked about colonies of ants. The first question focused on a piece of alleged behaviour specifically in ants, the fourth was focused on the way ants use pheromones to communicate...
Adding the tags surely also makes it easier for someone looking for questions about ants to find them.
I apologise if "Why was my edit rejected?" questions are frowned upon in Biology Meta. But I really don't understand what I did wrong here, and I'm worried about triggering an edit ban if any more get rejected.

user9943: We appreciate your efforts to improve this site's posts and why would you be frowned upon for asking for a clarification?. However...
Tags are used to identify certain classes of questions. Questions on insects should carry the entomology tag. If we start making tags for every family out there family Formicidae in this case), we can start creating tags for some 1,000 to 20,000 families, dependent on the estimate of the total number of families in existence. We'd rather not.
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The tag ant already exists, with 67 Qs out of >400 Qs tagged with ant and it's likely my own opinion to dislike this kind of specific tag. It's a gray area for sure. Since in this case there are >400 Qs on this topic, it's perhaps worthwhile to have these Qs tagged with it. Point taken. My bad.

55929: <p>Yesterday, I edited various posts containing questions about ants, to add the "ant" tag. Four of these were rejected, with the same reason given:</p>

<p><a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/8802/how-do-ants-sense-imminent-rainfall">How do ants sense imminent rainfall?</a> - the edit was <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/62047">https://biology.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/62047</a></p>

<p><a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/8545/what-happens-to-an-ant-colony-when-the-queen-dies">What happens to an ant colony when the queen dies?</a> - the edit was <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/62048">https://biology.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/62048</a></p>

<p><a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/3050/why-dont-all-ants-have-wings">Why don't all ants have wings?</a> - the edit was <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/62046">https://biology.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/62046</a></p>

<p><a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/7312/do-ant-pheromones-indicate-the-direction-to-go">Do ant pheromones indicate the direction to go?</a> - the edit was <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/62045">https://biology.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/62045</a></p>

<p>In all four cases, the reason given for rejection was "This edit introduces tags that do not help to define the topic of the question. Tags should help to describe what the question is about, not just what it contains."</p>

<p>I can't understand how these questions could be considered not to be about ants! If the second question had been, for instance, "What happens to a social insect colony when the queen dies", then I would agree that it might <em>contain</em> ants, but not be <em>about</em> them. However, that question specifically asked about colonies of ants. The first question focused on a piece of alleged behaviour specifically in ants, the fourth was focused on the way ants use pheromones to communicate...</p>

<p>Adding the tags surely also makes it easier for someone looking for questions about ants to find them.</p>

<p>I apologise if "Why was my edit rejected?" questions are frowned upon in Biology Meta. But I really don't understand what I did wrong here, and I'm worried about triggering an edit ban if any more get rejected.</p>
 9943: <p>We appreciate your efforts to improve this site's posts and why would you be frowned upon for asking for a clarification?. However...</p>

<p>Tags are used to identify certain classes of questions. Questions on insects should carry the <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/entomology" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;entomology&#39;" rel="tag">entomology</a> tag. If we start making tags for every family out there family <em>Formicidae</em> in this case), we can start creating tags for some <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/14888/how-many-taxonomic-families-are-there">1,000 to 20,000 families</a>, dependent on the estimate of the total number of families in existence. We'd rather not.</p>

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The tag <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/ant" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;ant&#39;" rel="tag">ant</a> already exists, with 67 Qs out of >400 Qs tagged with <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/ant" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;ant&#39;" rel="tag">ant</a> and it's likely my own opinion to dislike this kind of specific tag. It's a gray area for sure. Since in this case there are >400 Qs on this topic, it's perhaps worthwhile to have these Qs tagged with it. Point taken. My bad.</p>
