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A static image shows a dark interior with two figures, one holding a bright light source, against a light-colored wall with a circular object on the left.

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A static image shows a dark interior with two figures, one holding a bright light source, against a light-colored wall with a circular object on the left.

A static image shows a dark interior with two figures, one holding a bright light source, against a light-colored wall with a circular object on the left. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • vertical trim line
  • circular object on left
  • dark rectangular space
  • two figures

Dense Caption

The image is a static, low-resolution digital composition. The background consists of a light beige wall with a vertical white trim line. On the left side of the wall, there is a small circular object with a dark center and light border. The central area features a dark rectangular space resembling a doorway or window. Within this dark space, a figure with brown hair is visible, holding a bright white light source that illuminates part of the scene. To the right of the dark space, another figure with brown hair is partially visible, wearing a reddish-brown garment. The overall image has a pixelated appearance with muted colors.

Description

A static image shows a dark interior with two figures, one holding a bright light source, against a light-colored wall with a circular object on the left.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 200711302219301475365352
  • 20071130222050858558321

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • two figures holding light source
  • light beige wall circular object
  • dark rectangular space brown hair
  • reddish-brown garment pixelated

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

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  • light beige wall
  • vertical white trim
  • circular object on left
  • dark rectangular space
  • brown hair
  • bright white light source
  • reddish-brown garment
  • pixelated appearance
  • muted colors
  • low-resolution digital composition

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200711302219301475365352
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:01 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071130222050858558321
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:01 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/42/42b068c3db9871d7c255b88848178547cf6bdd56ab8ec166b7cb990bbfe88b0a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:01 UTC
Archive ID
42b068c3db9871d7
SHA-256
42b068c3db9871d7c255b88848178547cf6bdd56ab8ec166b7cb990bbfe88b0a
Content-safety assessments (3)
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Assessed
August 26, 2026 at 12:49 UTC
Run
1349
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
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Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000032

OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 27, 2026 at 17:27 UTC
Run
1196
Input
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Overall label
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OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:53 UTC
Run
107
Input
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Preprocessing
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Overall label
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Overall score
0.611610

OpenAI category scores

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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A static image shows a dark interior with two figures, one holding a bright light source, against a light-colored wall with a circular object on the left.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 12:44 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,611 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,134, response 865

Review tags

  • holding light source (action, 0.80)
  • dark brown (color, 0.80)
  • light beige (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • dimly lit (mood, 0.80)
  • mysterious (mood, 0.80)
  • light source (object, 0.80)
  • digital composition (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • circular object (subject, 0.80)
  • two figures (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • holding light source

Colors

  • light beige
  • white
  • dark brown
  • bright white
  • reddish-brown
  • muted tones

Composition

  • vertical trim line
  • circular object on left
  • dark rectangular space
  • two figures

Dense Caption

The image is a static, low-resolution digital composition. The background consists of a light beige wall with a vertical white trim line. On the left side of the wall, there is a small circular object with a dark center and light border. The central area features a dark rectangular space resembling a doorway or window. Within this dark space, a figure with brown hair is visible, holding a bright white light source that illuminates part of the scene. To the right of the dark space, another figure with brown hair is partially visible, wearing a reddish-brown garment. The overall image has a pixelated appearance with muted colors.

Description

A static image shows a dark interior with two figures, one holding a bright light source, against a light-colored wall with a circular object on the left.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 200711302219301475365352
  • 20071130222050858558321

Mood

  • mysterious
  • dimly lit

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • two figures holding light source
  • light beige wall circular object
  • dark rectangular space brown hair
  • reddish-brown garment pixelated

Objects

  • light source
  • circular object

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled

Source Metadata Interpretation

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  • provenance era: 2016
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  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • digital composition

Subjects

  • two figures
  • circular object

Wordwall

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  • vertical white trim
  • circular object on left
  • dark rectangular space
  • brown hair
  • bright white light source
  • reddish-brown garment
  • pixelated appearance
  • muted colors
  • low-resolution digital composition
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 28, 2026 at 21:52 UTC
Run
53
Version
v5
Elapsed
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Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
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Full source records (2)
Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)
Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200711302219301475365352
Archive entry
200711302219301475365352.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:01 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture
Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711302219301475365352.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711302219301475365352.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016 
Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)
Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20071130222050858558321
Archive entry
20071130222050858558321.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:01 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture
Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071130222050858558321.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071130222050858558321.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016