An informal stakeholder analysis on the English WARFRAME Wiki to formalize who and what parties' interests would be affected by changes to the wiki. This is a living document as the wiki and global WARFRAME community shrinks and grows. Do not use this for legal advice or making business decisions.
- Last updated: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 21:32:05 +0000 (UTC) by User:Cephalon Scientia
Matrix[]
| Stakeholder Name | Contact | Type | Impact Level | Influence | What is important to them? | How could stakeholder contribute to project? | How could stakeholder block project? | References |
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| Fandom, Inc.
(formerly Wikia, Inc.) |
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Company,
Wiki Farm |
High, one of the highly visited wikis on the Fandom site | High |
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| Digital Extremes Ltd. |
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Company | High, developers of the game wiki is about | Very little |
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| Tencent Holdings Ltd. | N/A | Parent company | Low, parent company of DE | None |
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N/A | N/A | |
| Hujiwiki | See https://www.huijiwiki.com/wiki/维基家园计划 | Company,
Wiki Farm |
High | None |
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Provide Chinese translations to article content for the Chinese community | N/A | |
| TPG Inc. | N/A | Parent company | Low, parent company of Fandom | High |
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Provide funding to Fandom to continue host and develop their wiki platform | Withhold funding or change Fandom leadership to serve the interests of capital | |
| English Wiki Community | N/A | Community | High, main stakeholder | Medium-High | Accurate and timely information on WARFRAME to improve their play experience | Actively engage with the content on the wiki by commenting, editing, reporting inaccuracies/errors, and giving suggestions |
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| Chinese Wiki Community | N/A | Community | High | Low | Translating article content for a primarily Chinese-speaking audience | Provide Chinese translations to some system messages for internationalization | N/A | |
| Warframe Community Developers (WFCD) |
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Community,
Volunteers, Repository |
High | Very little | Developing third-party tools that enhance the WARFRAME experience and for other developers to interface with game data better |
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N/A | |
| EN Wiki Admin and Moderation Team | See https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/WARFRAME_Wiki:Administrators | Volunteers | High | High | “An administrator must act in order to maintain the hairline balance of precise & accurate information and community happiness. This means they are responsible for ensuring that the wiki is not damaged by bad actions, but also that the community as a whole is happy and enjoying their time on the site.” |
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| FR Wiki Admin and Moderation Team | See https://warframe.fandom.com/fr/wiki/WARFRAME_Wiki:Administrateurs | Volunteers | High | Low | Maintaining the accuracy and timeliness of content on WARFRAME for French-speaking community |
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| RU Wiki Admin and Moderation Team | See https://warframe.fandom.com/ru/wiki/Служебная:Список_участников/sysop | Volunteers | High | Low | Maintaining the accuracy and timeliness of content on WARFRAME for Russian-speaking community |
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| ZH Wiki Admin and Moderation Team | See https://warframe.huijiwiki.com/wiki/warframe中文维基:管理员 | Volunteers | High | Low | Maintaining the accuracy and timeliness of content on WARFRAME for Chinese-speaking community |
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| 42bytes (warframe.market team) | See https://warframe.market/contacts | Website | Low | None | “We are long time gamers, which is why we want to create reliable, convenient and awesome club type services. We want to create services for people.”
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N/A | N/A | |
| orokinarchives.com | See https://www.orokinarchives.com/navigation-hub/curator/ | Website | Low | Low | “Due to its fragmented presentation, many players have access to only a fraction of the lore that has been given out. Messages from past events which players may have missed, text from out-of-game sources like the official website or YouTube channel, or even Codex entries that have since been removed from the game – the multitude of possible “gaps” in one’s knowledge has the potential to engender unawareness, or worse: elitism and gatekeeping. The fan-made wiki can help, but does not possess the thoroughness some seek. This website seeks to fill that role.” | Work side-by-side with the wiki to improve lore accuracy and content | N/A | |
| kasumata.ee | See https://kasumata.ee/ | Website | Low | High | “This website provides a complete index of Warframe sound files.” | Continue updating and maintaining index of WARFRAME’s audio files which are mostly used as a supplement to dialogue transcriptions for accountability and accuracy |
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| AlecaFrame | See https://www.alecaframe.com/about | Application | Medium | None | "AlecaFrame is an app designed to make your life easier while playing Warframe. See your unlocked warframes and weapons, in-game timers, automatically post your tradeable parts to WFMarket and get more information when opening relics."
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N/A | N/A | |
| Fandom Developers Wiki | See https://dev.fandom.com/wiki/Special:ListUsers/sysop | Wiki,
Repository |
High | None | “We’re Fandom’s premier destination for people who are looking to take a deep dive into coding. Whether you’re interested in exploring our code repository or finding a new feature for your home wiki, we’ve probably got a page or two you'll want to read. And there are lots of knowledgeable users around who are willing to lend a hand.” |
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| Warframe YouTubers and content creators | N/A | Community,
Individuals |
High | Low | Creating entertaining WARFRAME content to viewers |
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| Conclave Discord server | https://discord.gg/0o35sDMUR9RSWTWz | Community | Low | Low | “This server exists primarily to discuss and promote Warframe PvP content. We welcome you to ask questions and to use our LFG channel to coordinate lobbies. Many of the PvP regulars are here, and we have a substantial amount of knowledge and experience to share. We also have several dedicated server hosts who would be glad to help anyone interested in that subject.” |
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N/A | |
| Discord | https://support.discord.com/hc/ | Company | Medium | None | "Discord is about giving people the power to create space to find belonging in their lives. We want to make it easier for you to talk regularly with the people you care about. We want you to build genuine relationships with your friends and communities close to home or around the world. Original, reliable, playful, and relatable." |
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| Internet Archive | https://archive.org/about/contact.php | Company | Medium | None | "The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, people with print disabilities, and the general public. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge." |
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https://archive.org/about/ |
Warframe Community Submatrix[]
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Since WARFRAME's playerbase is so diverse and large, another matrix is needed to properly document their specific needs and desires. Note that a single user can fall under multiple stakeholder names (e.g. an English-speaking dojo-decorator who also loves PvP). For reference, Steam concurrent players for WARFRAME range from 30,000 to 60,000 on average.[1] Assuming each player plays an average of an hour per day, daily WARFRAME players on Steam is estimated to be from 700,000 to 1,500,000. PC playerbase make up around 60-80% of the playerbase across all platforms.
| Stakeholder Name | Estimated percentage of daily readers | Estimated Size (daily readers only) |
Impact Level | Influence | What is important to them? | How could stakeholder contribute to project? | How could stakeholder block project? | References |
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| Warframe Wiki Community | 100% | 200,000 - 400,000 | High | Medium |
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| Native English-speaking community | 55% | 150,000 - 350,000 | High | Low | ||||
| Non-native English-speaking community | 15% | 30,000 - 100,000 | High | Low | ||||
| Spanish-speaking community | N/A | High | Low | |||||
| Russian-speaking community | N/A | High | Low | |||||
| Chinese-speaking community | N/A | High | Low | |||||
| Japanese-speaking community | N/A | High | Low | |||||
| German-speaking community | 4% | 8,000 - 16,000 | High | Low | ||||
| Filipino-speaking community | 2.5% | 5,000 - 10,000 | High | Low | ||||
| Portuguese-speaking community | 2.5% | 5,000 - 10,000 | High | Low | ||||
| Polish-speaking community | 2% | 4,000 - 8,000 | High | Low | ||||
| French-speaking community | 2% | 4,000 - 8,000 | High | Low | ||||
| Thai-speaking community | 1.75% | 3,500 - 4,000 | High | Low | ||||
| Malay-speaking community | 1.75% | 3,500 - 4,000 | High | Low | ||||
| PvP/Competitive community | 0.25% | 500 - 1,000 | Low | |||||
| Endurance runners | 2.5% | 5,000 - 10,000 | ||||||
| Min/Maxers and loadout build creators | 25,000 - 50,000 | |||||||
| Dojo/Orbiter decorators | N/A | Low | ||||||
| FashionFrame | 1,000 - 5,000 | Low | N/A | https://www.reddit.com/r/WarframeRunway/ | ||||
| Codex, Mastery Rank, and other completionists | 40,000 - 60,000 | High |
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| Musicians | 0.05% | 100 - 500 | Low | N/A | ||||
| Community artists and TennoGen contributors | N/A | Low | N/A | |||||
| Captura and in-game photographers | 0.5% | 1,000 - 2,000 | Low | |||||
| Content creators | 0.5% | 1,000 - 2,000 | Low |
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https://www.warframe.com/community/creators/list | |||
| Clan Dojos and guild members | N/A | Low | ||||||
| Newcomers | 10,000 - 25,000 | Low | ||||||
| Casual players | 100,000 - 200,000 | Low | ||||||
| Veterans and long-term players | 50,000 - 100,000 | High |
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| Farmers | 400,000 - 600,000 | High |
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| Traders | 7,000 - 15,000 | Low | https://warframe.market/ | |||||
| Loremasters/lore-interested | 0.25% | 500 - 1,000 | Medium |
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| PC playerbase | 70% | 14,000 - 28,000 | High | High |
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| Xbox playerbase | 10% | 2,000 - 4,000 | High | Low |
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| PlayStation playerbase | 20% | 4,000 - 8,000 | High | Low |
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| Nintendo Switch playerbase | 3% | 600 - 1,200 | High | Low |
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| Mobile playerbase | 0% | 0 | None | None | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| WARFRAME developers | 0.0125% | 25 - 50 | High | Low |
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| Game developers (not DE) | 0.05% | 100 - 200 | Low | None |
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| Third-party tool developers | 0.015% | 30 - 60 | Medium | Low |
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| Wiki editors | 0.025% | 50 - 100 | Low | High |
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| Google Chrome users | 70% | 14,000 - 28,000 | High | Low |
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N/A | |
| Safari users | 17% | 3,400 - 6,800 | High | Low |
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N/A | |
| Firefox users | 7% | 1,400 - 2,800 | High | Low |
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N/A | |
| Microsoft Edge users | 5% | 1,000 - 2,000 | High | Low |
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N/A |
Wiki Community[]
| Daily Population Count | Level Of Wiki Activity/Engagement | User Type |
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| 4 | Lowest | Wiki Bureaucrat |
| ~30 | High | Wiki (Content) Translator (outside of this wiki) |
| ~5 | High | Active Wiki Moderator/Administrator |
| ~25 | Low | Inactive Wiki Moderator/Administrator |
| ~5 | High | Wiki Developer |
| ~5-30 | High | Wiki Editor |
| ~30 | Medium | Wiki Reader and Commenter (logged-in) |
| ~2k | Low | Wiki Reader only (logged-in) |
| ~50-100 | Medium | Wiki Reader and Commenter (anonymous) |
| ~150k-250k | Low | Wiki Reader only (anonymous) |
Known Backlinks[]
Backlinks may imply that there is some sort of significant relationship between a website (or resource) to this particular wiki. If this is the case, then these referrers can be considered as a stakeholder in the wiki's activity. Disregard user-generated content on social media sites (e.g. subreddit comments) as those are made by individuals that are not affiliated to the site in some shape or form. In addition, disregard bot scraped websites that copy content for SEO.
Community Resources[]
- (n.d.) . Warframe Subreddit. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Link in "Use the search bar, our FAQ, or the Wiki before asking a question!".
- (2021, November 25). Warframe Subreddit. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. First link, a wikia.com redirect.
- (n.d.) . tenno.tools. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Any item link goes to an article on this wiki.
- (n.d.) . i_wanna_b_the_guy's Warframe Tier List. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Any item link goes to an article on this wiki.
- (n.d.) . Warframe Huijiwiki. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. (bottom of page).
- (n.d.) . Warframe 日本語Wiki. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Under "海外サイト（wiki、各種データ収集・検証）" drop down as a wikia.com redirect.
- (n.d.) . warframe.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Under community tab as "Warframe Wikia".
- (n.d.) . Warframe Forums. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. In navigation bar as "Fandom", between Discord and Facebook.
- (n.d.) . Warframe Market. 42 Bytes. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Any item link goes to an article on this wiki.
- (n.d.) . warframe.tools. Accessed 2022-03-10. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Link to wikia.com redirect to main page on the bottom and top right of page.
- (n.d.) . Warframe Reliquary. Accessed 2022-03-10. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Links to Prime item pages.
- (n.d.) . Semlar. Accessed 2022-03-10. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Links to articles associated with a buff icon.
- Cabrerizo, Alejandro (2022). AlecaFrame. Archived from the original on 2022-09-21. Links are within app.
- (n.d.) . FrameMastery. Accessed 2023-01-30. Archived from the original on 2023-01-30. Fansite operated by one Warframe player.
- In-game on English client as a link hidden behind the news kiosk on the Orbiter (used to)
News Articles[]
- Kuchera, Ben (2018, January 2). How Warframe built an ethical free-to-play economy. Polygon. Accessed 2022-03-10. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Link to Founders article.
- Zwiezen, Zack (2021, July 17). Warframe's Next Big Update Will Release Simultaneously On All Platforms Later This Year. Kotaku. Accessed 2022-03-10. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Links to Orokin and Sentient articles.
- Messner, Steven (2018, July 26). How to get into Warframe, gaming's most complex co-op shooter. PCGamer. Accessed 2022-03-10. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Link to WARFRAME Wiki.
- (2018, July 13). Warframe: A beginner’s guide. Accessed 2022-03-10. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Links to Warframes, Warframes Comparison, Weapons, Syndicates, Orbiter Segments, Sortie, Damage 2.0, Weapon Comparison, Orokin Void/ByRewards.
- Strom, Steven (2020, June 17). Warframe Tips for New Players — 23 Things the Game Doesn’t Tell You. Fanbyte. Accessed 2022-03-10. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Link to WARFRAME Wiki.
- Cocke, Taylor; Irwin, Dave (2019, May 8). Warframe guide - tips and tricks for beginners. Accessed 2022-03-10. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Link to Mastery Rank article.
- Winslow, Jeremy (2021, January 29). New Warframe Content Coming In February And Possibly March. Gamespot. Accessed 2022-03-10. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Link to Shawzin article.
- Chapel, Chris (2021, July 18). Warframe: The New War is out this year with playable Veso and Teshin. Accessed 2022-03-10. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Link to Teshin article.
Third-Party Resources[]
- Skiffington, Dillon (2019, February 5). Warframe Damage Guide: Damage Types and Best Combinations. Fanbyte. Accessed 2023-01-30. Archived from the original on 2023-01-30.
References[]
- Bailey, Dustin (2019, March 25). Warframe added nearly 12 million players in a year. PCGamesN. Accessed 2022-02-24. Archived from the original on 2022-02-24.
- Sinclair, Steve (2014, March 27). Warframe in Numbers. Digital Extremes Ltd.. Accessed 2022-02-24. Archived from the original on 2022-02-24.
- (2021). 2020 Year in Review. Digital Extremes Ltd.. Accessed 2022-02-24. Archived from the original on 2022-02-24.
- (2022). 2021 Year in Review. Digital Extremes Ltd.. Accessed 2022-02-24. Archived from the original on 2022-02-24.
- (n.d.) . Warframe. steamcharts.com. Accessed 2022-02-24. Archived from the original on 2022-02-24.
- (n.d.) . High-resolution Steam charts. SteamDB. Accessed 2022-02-24. Archived from the original on 2022-02-24.
- (n.d.) . WAM Score. Fandom. Accessed 2022-02-27. Archived from the original on 2019-03-13.
- (n.d.) . January 2022 Traffic Stats. Semrush. Accessed 2022-02-27. Archived from the original on 2022-02-27.
External Links[]
- ↑ Extrapolated from https://steamdb.info/app/230410/graphs/