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A static image with a pink and black checkered background and vertical green text reading "NICK!" repeated twice, one on each side of the image.

A static image with a pink and black checkered background and vertical green text reading "NICK!" repeated twice, one on each side of the image. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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Source terms

Animation Summary

  • No animation present; static image with consistent visual elements throughout.

Composition

  • vertical text alignment
  • symmetrical layout
  • checkered background pattern

Dense Caption

The image features a static composition with a pink and black checkered background. On the left side, vertical green text reads "NICK!" with a pixelated appearance. On the right side, the same vertical green text "NICK!" is mirrored. The checkered pattern consists of alternating pink and black squares. The text is rendered in a blocky, pixelated style typical of early digital graphics. No additional subjects, actions, or objects are present. The image has no visible animation or motion changes. The text is consistently displayed in green with a slight pixelation effect. The background pattern is uniform across the entire image. The text is vertically oriented and positioned along the left and right edges of the image. The overall style is retro and pixelated, indicative of early digital art or iconography.

Description

A static image with a pink and black checkered background and vertical green text reading "NICK!" repeated twice, one on each side of the image.

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
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Metadata Only Entities

  • 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
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pink black checkered background
  • vertical green text NICK
  • pixelated digital art
  • symmetrical layout
  • retro digital style
  • NICK text repeated twice
  • blocky text rendering
  • checkered background pattern

Visible Text

  • NICK!

Wordwall

  • pink and black checkered background
  • vertical green text
  • "NICK!" repeated twice
  • pixelated text style
  • blocky digital rendering
  • static image
  • no additional subjects or objects
  • uniform background pattern
  • text positioned on left and right edges

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070804122136852128684
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/9c/9ca7cd07fd5e0de2e26cbcddbae27805088ca22755efa0df5b0b171881a954d2.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 UTC
Archive ID
9ca7cd07fd5e0de2
SHA-256
9ca7cd07fd5e0de2e26cbcddbae27805088ca22755efa0df5b0b171881a954d2
Content-safety assessments (3)
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Assessed
August 25, 2026 at 19:05 UTC
Run
1343
Input
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Preprocessing
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Overall label
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Overall score
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Assessed
July 24, 2026 at 06:36 UTC
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Overall score
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OpenAI category scores

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July 23, 2026 at 19:16 UTC
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Overall score
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OpenAI category scores

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Enrichment records (2)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A static image with a pink and black checkered background and vertical green text reading "NICK!" repeated twice, one on each side of the image.

Reviewed
August 25, 2026 at 18:59 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,938 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,105, response 770

Review tags

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  • green (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • blocky (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • retro digital (style, 0.80)

Animation Summary

  • No animation present; static image with consistent visual elements throughout.

Colors

  • pink
  • black
  • green

Composition

  • vertical text alignment
  • symmetrical layout
  • checkered background pattern

Dense Caption

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Description

A static image with a pink and black checkered background and vertical green text reading "NICK!" repeated twice, one on each side of the image.

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
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Metadata Only Entities

  • 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
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  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

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  • checkered background pattern

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  • NICK!

Wordwall

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  • vertical green text
  • "NICK!" repeated twice
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  • blocky digital rendering
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  • no additional subjects or objects
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  • text positioned on left and right edges
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 10:23 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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Source semantic tags (2)
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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
20070804122136852128684
Archive entry
20070804122136852128684.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 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#20070804122136852128684.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070804122136852128684.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016