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Comment. Sadly no love for Epstein didn't kill himself. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 00:17, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The dates and the pageviews make it ineligible for this page, but yes it is a very strange occurrence. I should say 1st that from reading a history of the NYC Medical Examiners Office (a year ago) that I have a great deal of respect for them. 2nd while the official version sounds bizarre to me, the other (conspiracy) versions sound even more bizarre. I suppose there is one more version (nobody else that I've seen is even suggesting this) that fellow inmates did it, somehow just on opportunity and the spur of the moment. That one seems impossible, but so do the conspiracy theories.

Since you are quite involved in the article, perhaps you can give some rational explanation of what the conspiracy theories say. I haven't seen this yet. The CTs as far as I understand them are A) the Clintons did it, B) Trump did it, C) the US intelligence services did it, D) somebody else whose name has been mentioned with Epstein's did it, D) British intelligence services did it. All of these seem impossible to me. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 13:10, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Smallbones: I meant more in the way of reader statistics. I've probably never written an article that has had high amount of views. The meme is in the eye of the beholder. It might be a very political statement, but it's pretty nonpartisan since no one has to agree on the details. (edit conflict) –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 05:11, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Can't fucking believe the Epstein didn't kill himself thing got a wikipedia article -Gouleg (Talk • Contribs) 20:36, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It's this generation JFK assassination conspiracy theory. I wouldn't be surprised if it has as long of a lifespan. (There are just as many possible individuals who could be involved.) -- llywrch (talk) 20:29, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've never like seeing the same article in multiple weeks. Would it be possible to show the top 25/30/or 40 in the past month instead of weekly lists? MB 01:19, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It's tough to do because The Signpost is (now) on a monthly cadence, but the WP:TOP25 lists are prepared weekly. - Bri.public (talk) 19:56, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Quite interesting how the top viewed articles are related or distinct in these reports. Gotitbro (talk) 22:51, 17 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]