Talk:Connections of Jeffrey Epstein

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I left the following feedback for the creator/future reviewers while reviewing this article: Parts of this article, such as the Background section, have been detected as being generated by an LLM. Per WP:NEWLLM, this is not allowed. Please rewrite those sections.

11WB (talk) 09:18, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I mean they're not ai generated but no problem, ill rewrite and rephrase it soon as i can BronMeat (talk) 12:26, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

She is the only associate to be convicted thus far. She should be included here. ~2025-42478-70 (talk) 12:08, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I've re-added an } tag to the article. This short, under 750-word article names many people without fully explaining the depths of their associations with Epstein. It also omits a large number of people who had associations. Eight specific people get named sections about them. It's the literal definition of undue weight, which applies to "... depth of detail, quantity of text, prominence of placement ...", and a bit of a WP:BLP nightmare. Ed [talk] [OMT] 16:57, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. That's fair, and it gives editors a better idea of what would need to be done to correct the page. What if we created a list or table instead? If the merge isn't done (I thought it was in the bag, now I'm not sure.) I would offer to create a table, with possible columns: - sphere: sports, arts, higher ed, etc. - type: email, photo, flight manifest, etc. - places: gathering, island, ranch, Florida mansion, etc. - aftermath: resignation, denial, nothing, etc. Selbstporträt (talk) 18:04, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply] If you ask me, that would over-complicate things. Better to just have an alphabetical list. Joe (talk) 16:31, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply] I'm removing the tag now, since the page has been majorly expanded and has quite a broad selection of connections. Joe (talk) 16:27, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Instead of duplicating efforts to build a big catalogue of incidents like we already see in the Names page, why not focus on the types of connections themselves? If we don't deduplicate the effort, the pages should be merged. WaPo offers a starting point:

https://archive.ph/zXkAI

Not perfect, but to consider. Otherwise it might end up like this:

https://epsteinweb.org/explore-the-network/

Click on 1 to see the unstructured mess. Selbstporträt (talk) 03:51, 14 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I see there's an "Inner circle" section that seems to be a circle of people involved in or enabling trafficking, but I wonder if the article needs a second type of "inner circle" as well, perhaps titled "Family and Lifelong Friends". These connections would include:

• Mark Epstein, his brother, with mysterious wealth and also the owner of the apartments that many women visiting Epstein stayed in.
• Warren Eisenstein, a Dallas optometrist who was Epstein's childhood friend and maintained that friendship until Eisenstein died, with his obituary naming Epstein as a lifelong friend and soul mate.
• Eva Andersson Dubin as his girlfriend of about a decade, her later husband Glenn Dubin (who had business dealings with Epstein post-marriage), and Celina who was child who was born shortly after the marriage who Epstein treated "father-like" and to whom one will left her most of everything.
• Possible Les Wexner is in this section.
• Ghislaine Maxwell fits in both "Inner Circle" and "Family and Lifelong Friends".
• Karyna Shuliak, his fiance who had been with him for about 10 years.

Wikipedian-in-Waiting (talk) 04:04, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]