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Red text lists names against black background with white pixelated flames at bottom; identical static image shown twice side-by-side.

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Red text lists names against black background with white pixelated flames at bottom; identical static image shown twice side-by-side.

Red text lists names against black background with white pixelated flames at bottom; identical static image shown twice side-by-side. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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Source terms

Animation Summary

  • no animation observed; identical static image shown twice side-by-side

Composition

  • two identical halves side-by-side
  • text centered top
  • flames bottom edge

Dense Caption

Black background displays red pixelated text listing 'Graig, Gorey', 'Jim, Nick', 'Joey, Paul,', 'Chris, Jim,', 'Slipknot' in five lines. White and gray pixelated flame-like shapes appear along the bottom edge of both identical left and right image sections. Text is rendered with blocky 8-bit style characters; no animation or motion observed between side-by-side views.

Description

  • Red text lists names against black background with white pixelated flames at bottom; identical static image shown twice side-by-side.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200902121646301674074320

Named Entities

  • Slipknot

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red text black background white flames
  • Graig Gorey Jim Nick Joey Paul Chris Slipknot names
  • pixelated flame text icon
  • 8-bit name list with flames

Preprocessing Notes

  • no animation observed between views

Visible Text

  • Graig, Gorey
  • Jim, Nick
  • Joey, Paul,
  • Chris, Jim,
  • Slipknot

Wordwall

  • red text
  • black background
  • white flames
  • pixelated text
  • 5 name lines
  • identical halves
  • flame shapes

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200902121646301674074320
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:52 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.4 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8b/8b44116aa7f7ddc24d94cf9a0213434ca03256ba0a08292f1bae493bfa034c4b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:52 UTC
Archive ID
8b44116aa7f7ddc2
SHA-256
8b44116aa7f7ddc24d94cf9a0213434ca03256ba0a08292f1bae493bfa034c4b
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
September 1, 2026 at 20:31 UTC
Run
15975
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.010203

OpenAI category scores

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openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 11, 2026 at 15:58 UTC
Run
1284
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.010182

OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:41 UTC
Run
1127
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.173934

OpenAI category scores

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Enrichment records (1)
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Red text lists names against black background with white pixelated flames at bottom; identical static image shown twice side-by-side.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 22:38 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,080 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,146, response 607

Review tags

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  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • 8 bit (style, 0.80)
  • blocky text (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)

Animation Summary

  • no animation observed; identical static image shown twice side-by-side

Colors

  • red
  • black
  • white
  • gray

Composition

  • two identical halves side-by-side
  • text centered top
  • flames bottom edge

Dense Caption

Black background displays red pixelated text listing 'Graig, Gorey', 'Jim, Nick', 'Joey, Paul,', 'Chris, Jim,', 'Slipknot' in five lines. White and gray pixelated flame-like shapes appear along the bottom edge of both identical left and right image sections. Text is rendered with blocky 8-bit style characters; no animation or motion observed between side-by-side views.

Description

  • Red text lists names against black background with white pixelated flames at bottom; identical static image shown twice side-by-side.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200902121646301674074320

Named Entities

  • Slipknot

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red text black background white flames
  • Graig Gorey Jim Nick Joey Paul Chris Slipknot names
  • pixelated flame text icon
  • 8-bit name list with flames

Preprocessing Notes

  • no animation observed between views

Style

  • pixelated
  • 8-bit
  • blocky text

Visible Text

  • Graig, Gorey
  • Jim, Nick
  • Joey, Paul,
  • Chris, Jim,
  • Slipknot

Wordwall

  • red text
  • black background
  • white flames
  • pixelated text
  • 5 name lines
  • identical halves
  • flame shapes
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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
200902121646301674074320
Archive entry
200902121646301674074320.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:52 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#200902121646301674074320.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200902121646301674074320.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016