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Three figures in black shirts stand against a gradient background of orange, yellow, and green; the central figure wears a shirt with a skull graphic.

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Three figures in black shirts stand against a gradient background of orange, yellow, and green; the central figure wears a shirt with a skull graphic.

Three figures in black shirts stand against a gradient background of orange, yellow, and green; the central figure wears a shirt with a skull graphic. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • horizontal
  • centered
  • lower half frame

Dense Caption

Three figures stand side-by-side in a horizontal composition. Left figure: short brown hair, black shirt with indistinct light-colored graphic, arms crossed. Central figure: brown hair, black shirt with white skull graphic, arms crossed. Right figure: brown hair, black shirt, arms at sides. Background is a gradient transitioning from orange on the left to yellow in the center to green on the right. All figures wear black shirts. The image is pixelated with low resolution. No visible text. Colors include orange, yellow, green, black, brown, white, and red. Composition is centered with figures occupying the lower half of the frame. Style is pixelated digital art.

Description

Three figures in black shirts stand against a gradient background of orange, yellow, and green; the central figure wears a shirt with a skull graphic.

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: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • three figures black shirts skull graphic
  • orange yellow green gradient pixelated
  • crossed arms brown hair
  • low resolution digital art
  • centered composition no text
  • skull graphic black shirt
  • brown hair orange background
  • pixelated figures standing

Preprocessing Notes

  • low resolution
  • pixelated

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

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  • three figures
  • black shirts
  • skull graphic
  • orange-yellow-green gradient
  • crossed arms
  • brown hair
  • pixelated
  • low resolution
  • centered composition
  • no visible text

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070807123304435374479
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:37 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.2 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/83/838d2311fadc78ed80c1ad58543ef2ba07c9e0c21160aa436f3ae3674e382b03.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:37 UTC
Archive ID
838d2311fadc78ed
SHA-256
838d2311fadc78ed80c1ad58543ef2ba07c9e0c21160aa436f3ae3674e382b03
Content-safety assessments (2)
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Assessed
August 25, 2026 at 20:18 UTC
Run
1343
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000023

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagharassment0.000023falseviolence0.000018falsehate0.000010falseillicit0.000009falseviolence/graphic0.000009falseself-harm0.000006falsesexual0.000005falseharassment/threatening0.000003falseself-harm/intent0.000003falseillicit/violent0.000001falseself-harm/instructions0.000001falsehate/threatening0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false

Qwen scheduling evidence

Evidence strength is retained for queueing and audit. It does not set the public content-safety verdict.

EvidenceStrengthInputenrichment/visual/violence0.500000image
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:29 UTC
Run
1111
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.070359

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.929641onnx/unsafe0.070359onnx/nsfw0.038490onnx/nsfl0.031869
Enrichment records (2)
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Three figures in black shirts stand against a gradient background of orange, yellow, and green; the central figure wears a shirt with a skull graphic.

Reviewed
August 25, 2026 at 20:13 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,990 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,090, response 817

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  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • skull graphic (object, 0.80)
  • digital art (style, 0.80)
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Colors

  • orange
  • yellow
  • green
  • black
  • brown
  • white
  • red

Composition

  • horizontal
  • centered
  • lower half frame

Dense Caption

Three figures stand side-by-side in a horizontal composition. Left figure: short brown hair, black shirt with indistinct light-colored graphic, arms crossed. Central figure: brown hair, black shirt with white skull graphic, arms crossed. Right figure: brown hair, black shirt, arms at sides. Background is a gradient transitioning from orange on the left to yellow in the center to green on the right. All figures wear black shirts. The image is pixelated with low resolution. No visible text. Colors include orange, yellow, green, black, brown, white, and red. Composition is centered with figures occupying the lower half of the frame. Style is pixelated digital art.

Description

Three figures in black shirts stand against a gradient background of orange, yellow, and green; the central figure wears a shirt with a skull graphic.

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: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • orange yellow green gradient pixelated
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Objects

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Preprocessing Notes

  • low resolution
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Source Metadata Interpretation

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

Style

  • pixelated
  • digital art

Subjects

  • three figures

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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 10:43 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
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 (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
20070807123304435374479
Archive entry
20070807123304435374479.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:37 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#20070807123304435374479.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070807123304435374479.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016