user408: Right now we have the following tags that are related to buddhist texts. 

pali-canon x  13
sutras x 9
texts x 8 
scripture x 2
canon x 2
buddhist-text x 1 

Most seem rather redundant to me, but which tags should we mark as synonym?
Personally I'm in favor of keeping pali-canon  for questions about the pali canon in general and sutras for questions about specific buddhist texts. We can mark texts, scripture and buddhist-text as synonym of sutras. The one tag I'm not sure what to do with is canon

user43: Great suggestion! I would make canon a synonym of pali-canon (is there any other canon in Buddhism?)
Not all texts belong to either pali-canon or sutras though, even in Theravada e.g. Milinda-panha, Visuddhimagga. Plus, there are Mahayana & Vajrayana texts that are not sutras.
One approach is to standardize on texts as the most encompassing tag, to be accompanied by another tag specifying a school e.g. 

early-buddhism texts 
theravada texts
mahayana texts
tibetan-buddhism texts


408: <p>Right now we have the following tags that are related to buddhist texts. </p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pali-canon" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;pali-canon&#39;" rel="tag">pali-canon</a> x  13</li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/sutras" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;sutras&#39;" rel="tag">sutras</a> x 9</li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/texts" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;texts&#39;" rel="tag">texts</a> x 8 </li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/scripture" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;scripture&#39;" rel="tag">scripture</a> x 2</li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/canon" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;canon&#39;" rel="tag">canon</a> x 2</li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/buddhist-text" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;buddhist-text&#39;" rel="tag">buddhist-text</a> x 1 </li>
</ul>

<p>Most seem rather redundant to me, but which tags should we mark as synonym?</p>

<p>Personally I'm in favor of keeping <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pali-canon" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;pali-canon&#39;" rel="tag">pali-canon</a>  for questions about the pali canon in general and <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/sutras" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;sutras&#39;" rel="tag">sutras</a> for questions about specific buddhist texts. We can mark <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/texts" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;texts&#39;" rel="tag">texts</a>, <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/scripture" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;scripture&#39;" rel="tag">scripture</a> and <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/buddhist-text" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;buddhist-text&#39;" rel="tag">buddhist-text</a> as synonym of sutras. The one tag I'm not sure what to do with is <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/canon" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;canon&#39;" rel="tag">canon</a></p>
 43: <p>Great suggestion! I would make <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/canon" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;canon&#39;" rel="tag">canon</a> a synonym of <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pali-canon" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;pali-canon&#39;" rel="tag">pali-canon</a> (is there any other canon in Buddhism?)</p>

<p>Not all texts belong to either <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pali-canon" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;pali-canon&#39;" rel="tag">pali-canon</a> or <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/sutras" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;sutras&#39;" rel="tag">sutras</a> though, even in Theravada e.g. Milinda-panha, Visuddhimagga. Plus, there are Mahayana &amp; Vajrayana texts that are not sutras.</p>

<p>One approach is to standardize on <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/texts" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;texts&#39;" rel="tag">texts</a> as the most encompassing tag, to be accompanied by another tag specifying a school e.g. </p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/early-buddhism" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;early-buddhism&#39;" rel="tag">early-buddhism</a> <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/texts" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;texts&#39;" rel="tag">texts</a>  </li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/theravada" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;theravada&#39;" rel="tag">theravada</a> <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/texts" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;texts&#39;" rel="tag">texts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/mahayana" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;mahayana&#39;" rel="tag">mahayana</a> <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/texts" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;texts&#39;" rel="tag">texts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/tibetan-buddhism" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;tibetan-buddhism&#39;" rel="tag">tibetan-buddhism</a> <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/texts" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;texts&#39;" rel="tag">texts</a></li>
</ul>
