<p><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/basic-concepts" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;basic-concepts&#39;" rel="tag">basic-concepts</a> is a meta tag, and our policy is not to have meta tags. See this this 2010 thread <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/264">The final death of meta-tags?</a> (that eliminated <code>[beginner]</code> tag) and this 2010 blog announcement by Jeff Atwood: <a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/">The Death of Meta Tags</a>.</p>

<p><strong>So <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/basic-concepts" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;basic-concepts&#39;" rel="tag">basic-concepts</a> should go.</strong></p>

<p>The problem with it (as with most meta tags) is that there is no clear scope. Which concepts are basic enough to warrant this tag? Which are not? This is entirely subjective, hence the mostly random usage of this tag (leading to it not being helpful). This is contrast with subject-matter tags such as <code>[regression]</code> or <code>[clustering]</code> which do have clear scope.</p>

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<p><strong>Update 13 Nov 2017:</strong> The tag has been eliminated by @kjetilbhalvorsen. Thanks! </p>

<p>Despite multiple requests in chat and on Meta to burninate this tag, none of the mods was willing to help. So the tag was manually killed flooding the front-page with 100+ posts over the course of the weekend. I find this spectacularly ineffective.</p>
