Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Pixelated gray text reading "THE BEATLES" on a white background, with visible pixelation and no additional visual elements.

Permanent icon record

Pixelated gray text reading "THE BEATLES" on a white background, with visible pixelation and no additional visual elements.

Pixelated gray text reading "THE BEATLES" on a white background, with visible pixelation and no additional visual elements. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIc…

Download original

About this icon

Style

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • horizontal text
  • centered
  • no background details

Dense Caption

The image displays pixelated gray text reading "THE BEATLES" on a white background. The text is rendered in a blocky, low-resolution style typical of early digital graphics. Each letter is composed of distinct square pixels, with no additional visual elements, colors, or background details present. The text spans the horizontal center of the image, with consistent spacing between characters. The overall appearance suggests a static, non-animated graphic with no visible motion or additional subjects.

Description

  • Pixelated gray text reading "THE BEATLES" on a white background, with visible pixelation and no additional visual elements.

Identity Hypotheses

  • The Beatles

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016

Named Entities

  • The Beatles

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • the beatles text
  • pixelated the beatles
  • gray the beatles text
  • white background the beatles

Visible Text

  • THE BEATLES

Visually Supported Entities

  • The Beatles

Wordwall

  • text: THE BEATLES
  • text: THE
  • text: BEATLES
  • pixelated
  • gray text
  • white background
  • blocky font
  • low-resolution
  • no additional elements
  • static image

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2007080920272382599662
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:37 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
599 bytes
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/fa/fafef4869c17c58f704ea923a07a4df75d3bb61e6de0efe35034a8647062e159.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:37 UTC
Archive ID
fafef4869c17c58f
SHA-256
fafef4869c17c58f704ea923a07a4df75d3bb61e6de0efe35034a8647062e159
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 25, 2026 at 21:42 UTC
Run
1343
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000014

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagharassment0.000014falsesexual0.000014falseillicit0.000007falseviolence0.000005falseviolence/graphic0.000003falseself-harm0.000002falsehate0.000002falseharassment/threatening0.000001falseself-harm/intent0.000001falsesexual/minors0.000001falseillicit/violent0.000000falseself-harm/instructions0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000false

Qwen scheduling evidence

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

EvidenceStrengthInputenrichment/visual/violence0.500000image
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 20:08 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.096726

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.903274onnx/unsafe0.096726onnx/nsfw0.060395onnx/nsfl0.036331
Enrichment records (2)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Pixelated gray text reading "THE BEATLES" on a white background, with visible pixelation and no additional visual elements.

Reviewed
August 25, 2026 at 21:35 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,089 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,086, response 650

Review tags

  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • blocky (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • gray
  • white

Composition

  • horizontal text
  • centered
  • no background details

Dense Caption

The image displays pixelated gray text reading "THE BEATLES" on a white background. The text is rendered in a blocky, low-resolution style typical of early digital graphics. Each letter is composed of distinct square pixels, with no additional visual elements, colors, or background details present. The text spans the horizontal center of the image, with consistent spacing between characters. The overall appearance suggests a static, non-animated graphic with no visible motion or additional subjects.

Description

  • Pixelated gray text reading "THE BEATLES" on a white background, with visible pixelation and no additional visual elements.

Identity Hypotheses

  • The Beatles

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016

Named Entities

  • The Beatles

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • the beatles text
  • pixelated the beatles
  • gray the beatles text
  • white background the beatles

Style

  • pixelated
  • blocky
  • low-resolution

Visible Text

  • THE BEATLES

Visually Supported Entities

  • The Beatles

Wordwall

  • text: THE BEATLES
  • text: THE
  • text: BEATLES
  • pixelated
  • gray text
  • white background
  • blocky font
  • low-resolution
  • no additional elements
  • static image
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "fafef4869c17c58f704ea923a07a4df75d3bb61e6de0efe35034a8647062e159",
  "description": "Pixelated gray text reading \u0022THE BEATLES\u0022 on a white background, with visible pixelation and no additional visual elements.",
  "denseCaption": "The image displays pixelated gray text reading \u0022THE BEATLES\u0022 on a white background. The text is rendered in a blocky, low-resolution style typical of early digital graphics. Each letter is composed of distinct square pixels, with no additional visual elements, colors, or background details present. The text spans the horizontal center of the image, with consistent spacing between characters. The overall appearance suggests a static, non-animated graphic with no visible motion or additional subjects.",
  "wordwall": [
    "text: THE BEATLES",
    "text: THE",
    "text: BEATLES",
    "pixelated",
    "gray text",
    "white background",
    "blocky font",
    "low-resolution",
    "no additional elements",
    "static image"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "THE BEATLES"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [],
  "actions": [],
  "objects": [],
  "colors": [
    "gray",
    "white"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixelated",
    "blocky",
    "low-resolution"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "horizontal text",
    "centered",
    "no background details"
  ],
  "mood": [],
  "animation": [],
  "preprocessingNotes": [],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
    "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
    "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
    "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
    "provenance era: 2007",
    "provenance era: 2016",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [
    "The Beatles"
  ],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
  "identityHypotheses": [
    "The Beatles"
  ],
  "namedEntities": [
    "The Beatles"
  ],
  "fandoms": [],
  "animationSummary": "",
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "the beatles text",
    "pixelated the beatles",
    "gray the beatles text",
    "white background the beatles"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "pixelated",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixelated"
    },
    {
      "tag": "blocky",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: blocky"
    },
    {
      "tag": "low resolution",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: low-resolution"
    },
    {
      "tag": "gray",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: gray"
    },
    {
      "tag": "white",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: white"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "fafef4869c17c58f704ea923a07a4df75d3bb61e6de0efe35034a8647062e159",
        "description": "Pixelated gray text reading \u0022THE BEATLES\u0022 on a white background, with visible pixelation and no additional visual elements.",
        "denseCaption": "The image displays pixelated gray text reading \u0022THE BEATLES\u0022 on a white background. The text is rendered in a blocky, low-resolution style typical of early digital graphics. Each letter is composed of distinct square pixels, with no additional visual elements, colors, or background details present. The text spans the horizontal center of the image, with consistent spacing between characters. The overall appearance suggests a static, non-animated graphic with no visible motion or additional subjects.",
        "wordwall": [
          "text: THE BEATLES",
          "text: THE",
          "text: BEATLES",
          "pixelated",
          "gray text",
          "white background",
          "blocky font",
          "low-resolution",
          "no additional elements",
          "static image"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "THE BEATLES"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [],
        "actions": [],
        "objects": [],
        "colors": [
          "gray",
          "white"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixelated",
          "blocky",
          "low-resolution"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "horizontal text",
          "centered",
          "no background details"
        ],
        "mood": [],
        "animation": [],
        "preprocessingNotes": [],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
          "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
          "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
          "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
          "provenance era: 2007",
          "provenance era: 2016",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [
          "The Beatles"
        ],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
        "identityHypotheses": [
          "The Beatles"
        ],
        "namedEntities": [
          "The Beatles"
        ],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "the beatles text",
          "pixelated the beatles",
          "gray the beatles text",
          "white background the beatles"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 11:05 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)
Raw JSON
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
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
2007080920272382599662
Archive entry
2007080920272382599662.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#2007080920272382599662.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2007080920272382599662.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016