The tag elementary-number-theory was created and removed a few times in the past. And recently it was created again - it is still listed among the new tags.
- Should there be a separate tag for elementary-number-theory on MathOverflow?
- If yes, what should be the content of this tag.
You can see links to the previous occurrences in the MO editors' lounge. Specifically:
- This tag was created and removed in 2012: https://mathoverflow.net/posts/83904/revisions.
- Then again in November 2013: https://mathoverflow.net/posts/31113/revisions https://mathoverflow.net/posts/146589/revisions At the time, this tag was discussed by several users in the MO editor's lounge. (Interestingly, the discussion in chat mentions five questions - using SEDE queries I was only able to find two.)
- Another occurrence was in December 2013: https://mathoverflow.net/posts/144996/revisions
- And the tags was created again now in 2023. After approximately on week, there are three questions with this tag.
I decided to ask because on Mathematics Stack Exchange there are some problems around this tag - it is unclear whether elementary-number-theory should be a subset of number-theory or whether the latter should only be for more advanced questions.1 On MathOverflow it is unlikely that there would be a similar problem - since among the top-level tags2 there is nt.number-theory, which should include elementary-number-theory, too. Still, since this tag was created and removed more than once, it seemed reasonable to bring it up on meta.
1Discussion on Mathematics Meta: There are 5,931 questions tagged both elementary-number-theory and number-theory and How to differentiate between (elementary-number-theory) and (number-theory).
2Why are MO tags formatted as they are? and Frequently asked questions about tagging on MathOverflow