<p>First a link to a meta-thread that handles with this on SO: <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/29501/tag-cleanup-request-please-get-rid-of-beginner">https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/29501/tag-cleanup-request-please-get-rid-of-beginner</a></p>

<p>I see value in the tag beginner. It indicates for people, where to start when they search for a topic on this site.</p>

<p>Your main concern is that people have a different opinion/view about beginner. I think this might be not the case. Until now it has been very clear when something is a beginner question or not. In general, a beginner question is something that asks for references or easy explanation of a statistical concept.</p>

<p>Also on other sites (e.g. StackOverflow) it is mostly evident why something is tagged like that, and there people find it useful.</p>
