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Black and white icon with four identical shield-shaped elements arranged in a , each containing a five-pointed star

Black and white icon with four identical shield-shaped elements arranged in a , each containing a five-pointed star. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Franks…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • static frame
  • no visible motion changes

Composition

  • symmetrical arrangement
  • partial overlay

Dense Caption

Four identical shield-shaped icons arranged in a two-by-two grid on black background. Each shield has thick white outline with internal white fill. Center of each shield contains solid black five-pointed star. Rightmost bottom icon partially obscured by gray rectangle overlay. All shields share same orientation and design, differing only in position within grid.

Description

  • Black and white icon with four identical shield-shaped elements arranged in a , each containing a five-pointed star

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
  • 200803071247511325251451
  • 2007-2016

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • shield star icon
  • black white shield
  • four shield stars
  • gray overlay shield

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Black and white icon with four identical shield-shaped elements arranged in a 2x2 grid, each containing a five-pointed star.
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid
  • quarantined retrieval: black white grid shield

Visually Supported Entities

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

Wordwall

  • shield shape
  • five-pointed star
  • black background
  • white outline
  • gray overlay

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200803071247511325251451
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:17 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
1.3 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:17 UTC
Archive ID
b94396d000435ec4
SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (2)
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Assessed
August 4, 2026 at 05:02 UTC
Run
1266
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000024

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:09 UTC
Run
1066
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Overall label
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Black and white icon with four identical shield-shaped elements arranged in a , each containing a five-pointed star

Reviewed
August 4, 2026 at 04:59 UTC
Run
57
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,193 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,112, response 588

Review tags

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  • white (color, 0.80)
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  • monochrome (style, 0.80)
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  • stars (subject, 0.80)

Animation

  • static frame
  • no visible motion changes

Colors

  • black
  • white
  • gray

Composition

  • symmetrical arrangement
  • partial overlay

Dense Caption

Four identical shield-shaped icons arranged in a two-by-two grid on black background. Each shield has thick white outline with internal white fill. Center of each shield contains solid black five-pointed star. Rightmost bottom icon partially obscured by gray rectangle overlay. All shields share same orientation and design, differing only in position within grid.

Description

  • Black and white icon with four identical shield-shaped elements arranged in a , each containing a five-pointed star

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
  • 200803071247511325251451
  • 2007-2016

Mood

  • neutral
  • formal

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • shield star icon
  • black white shield
  • four shield stars
  • gray overlay shield

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Black and white icon with four identical shield-shaped elements arranged in a 2x2 grid, each containing a five-pointed star.
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid
  • quarantined retrieval: black white grid shield

Style

  • graphic design
  • minimalist
  • monochrome

Subjects

  • shields
  • stars

Visually Supported Entities

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

Wordwall

  • shield shape
  • five-pointed star
  • black background
  • white outline
  • gray overlay
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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
200803071247511325251451
Archive entry
200803071247511325251451.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:17 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#200803071247511325251451.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200803071247511325251451.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016