Question: What do people think about having a tag called something like 'basic'? This tag would encompass questions that can be answered quickly/simply by someone familiar with the language/technology. Perhaps the nature of the tag itself means it would be a big fail as it's so subjective....but it might allow responders to quickly identify those questions that can be answered quickly and clearly. It could also encourage more people to contribute, even if they're not experts. I saw the question on 'Beginner' tags, but the wording of 'basic' suggests something a little bit different, and might be attractive to people not enamored of the loaded word 'beginner'. Just a thought....

Answer: 
We already have a [basic](/questions/tagged/basic "show questions tagged 'basic'") tag for a language called [BASIC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC), if this means anything.

But seriously, for the purposes you propose it'd be too much of a meta tag to be useful enough to the question. A beginner question is as deserving of answers as a more advanced question is. And who's to say whether a question is easy enough or not?

Read [this blog post about meta tags](https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags).
The entire concept is deeply flawed. Presumably, the person asking the question isn't familiar enough with the subject matter to answer it, so how are they familiar enough with the subject matter to know whether it's a basic question?

If the person asking a question knows enough to consider it "basic", they should probably be able to find the answer out for themselves.