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A four- shows a person in a red-and-white striped dress holding a blue object, a person standing on a beach, a hand holding sunglasses, and a blank

A four- shows a person in a red-and-white striped dress holding a blue object, a person standing on a beach, a hand holding sunglasses, and a blank. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy i…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • four
  • top-left
  • top-right
  • bottom-left
  • bottom-right

Dense Caption

The image is a four-panel grid. Top-left panel: a person in a red-and-white striped dress with blue accents holds a blue object; the person has long brown hair and is positioned against a light background. Top-right panel: a person stands on a beach with a dog, facing away from the viewer; the background includes water, distant trees, and a light sky. Bottom-left panel: a hand holds dark red sunglasses against a light background. Bottom-right panel: a solid light gray background with no visible subjects or objects. The image has a pixelated, low-resolution appearance.

Description

A four- shows a person in a red-and-white striped dress holding a blue object, a person standing on a beach, a hand holding sunglasses, and a blank

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red and white striped dress
  • beach scene with dog
  • sunglasses held by hand
  • four

Objects

  • dog

Preprocessing Notes

  • image contains a four-panel grid layout
  • quarantined description: A four-panel grid shows a person in a red-and-white striped dress holding a blue object, a person standing on a beach, a hand holding sunglasses, and a blank panel.
  • quarantined wordwall: four-panel grid
  • quarantined style: grid layout
  • quarantined composition: four-panel grid
  • quarantined retrieval: four panel grid

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Subjects

  • dog
  • hand

Wordwall

  • red-and-white striped dress
  • blue object
  • long brown hair
  • beach scene
  • dog
  • sunglasses
  • light background
  • pixelated
  • four
  • solid gray background

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20120618172612132641180
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:09 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.5 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/77/779ead707f3624dfa25261d11b4d63856a2ae7ecf0dd26a7a31b7548e193ee5a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:09 UTC
Archive ID
779ead707f3624df
SHA-256
779ead707f3624dfa25261d11b4d63856a2ae7ecf0dd26a7a31b7548e193ee5a
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 23, 2026 at 18:05 UTC
Run
1327
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000488

OpenAI category scores

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openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 7, 2026 at 01:28 UTC
Run
1272
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.023082

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.023082falseself-harm0.011925falsesexual0.010477falseviolence/graphic0.001573falseself-harm/intent0.000248falseself-harm/instructions0.000222falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:03 UTC
Run
1051
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
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Overall score
0.251315

OpenAI category scores

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A four- shows a person in a red-and-white striped dress holding a blue object, a person standing on a beach, a hand holding sunglasses, and a blank

Reviewed
August 20, 2026 at 02:34 UTC
Run
62
Version
v5
Elapsed
10,195 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,109, response 811

Review tags

  • holding (action, 0.80)
  • standing (action, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • beach (object, 0.80)
  • blue object (object, 0.80)
  • dress (object, 0.80)
  • sunglasses (object, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
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  • dog (subject, 0.80)
  • hand (subject, 0.80)
  • person (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • holding
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Colors

  • red
  • white
  • blue
  • brown
  • gray
  • dark red

Composition

  • four
  • top-left
  • top-right
  • bottom-left
  • bottom-right

Dense Caption

The image is a four-panel grid. Top-left panel: a person in a red-and-white striped dress with blue accents holds a blue object; the person has long brown hair and is positioned against a light background. Top-right panel: a person stands on a beach with a dog, facing away from the viewer; the background includes water, distant trees, and a light sky. Bottom-left panel: a hand holds dark red sunglasses against a light background. Bottom-right panel: a solid light gray background with no visible subjects or objects. The image has a pixelated, low-resolution appearance.

Description

A four- shows a person in a red-and-white striped dress holding a blue object, a person standing on a beach, a hand holding sunglasses, and a blank

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Mood

  • neutral
  • casual

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red and white striped dress
  • beach scene with dog
  • sunglasses held by hand
  • four

Objects

  • dress
  • blue object
  • sunglasses
  • beach
  • dog

Preprocessing Notes

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Source Metadata Interpretation

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  • provenance era: 2016
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  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Style

  • pixelated
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Subjects

  • person
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Wordwall

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  • blue object
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Full source records (1)

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
20120618172612132641180
Archive entry
20120618172612132641180.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:09 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#20120618172612132641180.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20120618172612132641180.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016