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Genba/Denwa/Shigoto Neko

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We currently have three tags for this closely-knit group of meme cats:

  • Denwa Neko (電話猫) - mostly posts referencing the PhoneyCat LINE sticker line, typically having random characters holding a phone (though some contain the cats from the stickers themselves)
  • Genba Neko (meme) (現場猫) - mostly posts featuring the pose the cat is known for; sometimes with a hardhat and/or the word "yoshi" added (though once again - the cat itself is present too)
  • Shigoto Neko (仕事猫) - referenced briefly in the Genba Neko wiki... and I can't really figure out what it is or how it's different from the other nekos. It has a Wikipedia article and an official Ace Attorney collab though?

What should be done with those tags? I think it'd be worthwhile to separate the posts with the cats themselves from just pose references, but I'm not sure how to do that at all.
In fact, I also don't quite get how those memes relate to each other historically - I'm only aware of the end products, so to speak.

BUR #19312 has been approved by @evazion.

mass update ~denwa_neko ~genba_neko_(meme) -> shigoto_neko
category denwa_neko -> general
rename denwa_neko -> denwa_neko_(meme)
mass update favgroup:25999 -> char:denwa_neko_(character)
category genba_neko_(meme) -> general
mass update favgroup:26000 -> char:genba_neko_(character)

This BUR intends to separate the cats as characters from their poses. Additionally, those references would be moved to the Shigoto Neko copytag.

The second part might be a little ahistorical, so to speak, given that Shigoto Neko came last, but I think this is the best way to unify those concepts.

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