user254: There's a beginner tag.
Should it exist? Is it being well used?
Asking fundamental “beginner” questions says that the site shouldn't be 'seeded' artificially with beginner questions; but what about 'beginner' questions which appear naturally, which are asked by beginners?
I suggest that tags are to help people find things. Interested and knowledgeable people could perhaps 'curate' the collection of 'beginner' questions:

Add the 'beginner' tag to questions that are especially interesting to beginners
Remove the 'beginner' tag from questions that are not especially interesting to beginners

Perhaps the beginner tag shouldn't exist at all (see The Death of Meta Tags) -- although for this subject (i.e. for Buddhism, although not for StackOverflow which deals with software development problems) the beginner tag is appropriate, IMHO.
The comments to this question suggest that collecting/tagging 'beginner' questions might be helpful.

user2486: I am (very) new to the site, but here is my opinion.  I believe the subject matter (existing tag) and summary of each question are adequate to allow the user to filter through what they want to read or don't.  As an analogy, if I went into a bookstore and walked to a section that interested me, I wouldn't normally find a sub-section called "Beginners".  I would browse the titles and pick out what struck me.
For beginner's knowledge I would think that users would do some historical or scriptural study to gain a basic level of knowledge.
Hope offering my opinion helps.  I'm sure others can make a good argument for the Beginner tags.  BTW, I am truly impressed by what I see on the site so far.

254: <p>There's a <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/beginner" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;beginner&#39;" rel="tag">beginner</a> tag.</p>

<p>Should it exist? Is it being well used?</p>

<p><a href="https://buddhism.meta.stackexchange.com/q/170/254">Asking fundamental “beginner” questions</a> says that the site shouldn't be 'seeded' artificially with beginner questions; but what about 'beginner' questions which appear naturally, which are asked by beginners?</p>

<p>I suggest that tags are to help people find things. Interested and knowledgeable people could perhaps 'curate' the collection of 'beginner' questions:</p>

<ul>
<li>Add the 'beginner' tag to questions that are especially interesting to beginners</li>
<li>Remove the 'beginner' tag from questions that are not especially interesting to beginners</li>
</ul>

<p>Perhaps the beginner tag shouldn't exist at all (see <a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/">The Death of Meta Tags</a>) -- although for this subject (i.e. for Buddhism, although not for StackOverflow which deals with software development problems) the beginner tag <em>is</em> appropriate, IMHO.</p>

<p>The comments to <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/3815/254">this question</a> suggest that collecting/tagging 'beginner' questions might be helpful.</p>
 2486: <p>I am (very) new to the site, but here is my opinion.  I believe the subject matter (existing tag) and summary of each question are adequate to allow the user to filter through what they want to read or don't.  As an analogy, if I went into a bookstore and walked to a section that interested me, I wouldn't normally find a sub-section called "Beginners".  I would browse the titles and pick out what struck me.</p>

<p>For beginner's knowledge I would think that users would do some historical or scriptural study to gain a basic level of knowledge.</p>

<p>Hope offering my opinion helps.  I'm sure others can make a good argument for the Beginner tags.  BTW, I am truly impressed by what I see on the site so far.</p>
