<p>Something's been bothering me (and it may just be me) about one category of our tags.  When someone asks for references for a particular topic, their choices for tags seems to be:</p>

<p><code>books</code> - with synonyms <code>textbooks</code>, <code>textbook</code>, <code>book</code>, <code>video</code>, <code>tutorial</code></p>

<p><code>references</code> - with no synonyms</p>

<p><code>resources</code> - with no synonyms</p>

<p>I would think all of these would be "synonyms" of each other, and the "mother tag" (don't know if it has a term) should be the most general, say <code>references</code> or (as in the Math.SE) <code>reference-request</code>.  I have noted that the "general vs. specific" debate has been brought up here <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/q/407/5594">before</a>, but I think generality makes more sense in this situation.</p>

<p>FYI, <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/q/121/5594">This</a> appears to be the post where <code>books</code> was chosen as the "mother" of the synonyms listed above.</p>

<p>Again, this just may be me who's bothered by this. </p>
