Rust · Page checks

Checked revision: 96b87693 (2026-03-06T06:24:18Z)

Issues Found

High (False or Misattributed):

1. Firefox version for first Rust code — incorrect. The article states "Firefox first shipped Rust code in 2016 (version 45)." Per Mozilla's own blog post "Shipping Rust in Firefox" (July 12, 2016) and multiple corroborating sources, the first Firefox version to ship Rust code was Firefox 48, not Firefox 45. Firefox 45 was an ESR release (March 2016) that contained no Rust code. This error appears in both the History section body and the timeline table, neither instance is cited.

Medium (Unsourced Key Claims):

2. Firefox version number is unsourced. The specific version number ("version 45") in the History section and the Adoption section carry no citation. Per citation standards, specific verifiable version numbers should be sourced.

3. Post-1.0 contributor/library counts unsourced. The claim "By the following year, the Rust compiler had over 1,400 contributors and the package registry Crates.io hosted over 5,000 libraries" (Stabilization section) carries no citation.

Potential Concerns (not counted in metrics):

4. "Most admired" terminology is anachronistic for 2016–2022. Stack Overflow used "most loved" from 2016–2022 and changed to "most admired" in 2023. The underlying streak claim is accurate; the uniform use of "most admired" for all years is a minor terminological issue.

5. Rust Foundation citation URL broken. rust-foundation-announcement-2021 points to https://foundation.rust-lang.org/news/hello-world/ which now returns a 404 (domain redirected to rustfoundation.org but the path no longer resolves).

6. Lead paragraph citation mismatch. The elevator-crash-trigger claim ID is attached to the sentence about founding dates (2006/2009/2015) in the lead, but that claim ID relates to the elevator story, not the dates.