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You can't start a paragraph with "CPS Protector Kiera Cameron" without first defining what CPS is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.155.167.25 ( talk) 07:33, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
The referenced PDF-File "Continuum_Sponsorship_Opportunities.pdf" contains only the statement "Contact your sales rep for more details on Continuum" and three telephone/fax numbers. Is it possible to find a better reference — the main homepage of the series doesn't include the given facts? -- Taschna ( talk) 05:43, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Where are the summaries of the episodes? -- LAW CSI ( talk) 11:52, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Please only review the first episode. Otherwise, you need to alert for spoilers. We want to give people enough information for them to know if they want to watch the show. Spoilers will just make them move on. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.46.205.201 ( talk) 13:53, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
No, you are totally wrong:
Show airs on sundays but episode 6 never aired? Any idea why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.188.135.11 ( talk) 04:44, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
There is an actual liber8.com site they made. -- 95.34.4.130 ( talk) 20:27, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: www.tvrage.com/Continuum/episodes/1065184897. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. VernoWhitney ( talk) 15:06, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://continuumtheseries.com/episodes/. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. VernoWhitney ( talk) 03:16, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
"Vancouver", and she starts off posing as a "Portland" police officer. They're both ambiguous cities though. Vancouver Canada? Portland Oregon? What? 111.69.198.177 ( talk) 10:52, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
I think we can use examples from Doctor Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Blade Runner to flesh out this section as well as suggestions from Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television. — Vorik111 ( talk) 07:18, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
Kiera's eyes are blue, as well as her husband's. Their son has brown eyes. This is impossible (as of 2013) :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.73.240.35 ( talk) 14:16, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
Blue eyed parents can have a brown eyed baby. The chances are very low, but it does happen. See http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask332 Ianbrettcooper ( talk) 03:42, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Young Alec points out that there are essentially two possibilities:
The first is that this is a time loop, and elderly Alec in 2077 had already met Kiera, remembered everything they did together, and was possibly even inspired to create cybernetic technology from encountering "his" future work in her implants. In this case, nothing can be changed, and the mega-corporations will still dominate the planet in 2077.
The second possibility is that the time travel of the terrorists and Kiera has altered the pre-existing timeline, and due to their intervention it is no longer certain what 2077 will be like.
The first possibility is indicated in Season 1 Episode 1, when during the escape of the Liber8, the 2077 Alec Sadler was the only witness who seemed totally unsurprised as events unfolded.
The theory is potentially contradicted in Season 1 Episode 5 when a woman believed to be the grandmother of Liber8 member Matthew Kellog is killed before she can have children and Kellog remains in existence, but the present Alec notes that there is no way to be sure if the woman in question actually was Kellog's grandmother, as he merely identified her based on the house she lived in and he could have found the house before his family moved in.
In season 1's tenth and final episode, "Endtime", we discover more evidence that the time loop possibility is indeed correct: Sadler knew precisely what would happen in 2077 and purposefully sent both Kiera and Liber8 back in time, for reasons yet unknown.
Above material transplanted from main article. Speculation until proven in-series. -- 24.150.178.154 ( talk) 23:26, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
I noticed on the front page the renewal paragraph is cluttered, I don't think it needs to be heavily referenced with each renewal and mentioned in great detail that it premieres on Showcase and Syfy each time. Why not just have one line that mentions that it was renewed for 'Insert season here with source' and its premiere date for each network. Something like this..
On May 5, 2014 Showcase renewed Continuum for a fourth season(reference source here). And then mention the premiere date for each network afterwards(with source).
I would make the changes myself but I'm just an IP user and don't know how some of the more established editors on the page handle it. 86.15.195.205 ( talk) 23:17, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
The lede of this article currently states that On June 5, 2013, Continuum was officially renewed for a third season which premiered on March 16, 2014 On Showcase in Canada and April 4, 2014 on Syfy in the US. If I'm not mistaken, April 4th hasn't arrived yet. I'm not suggesting any changes to the lede, but rather be careful about adding dated material.-- Isaidnoway (talk) 04:40, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
The plot's second paragraph starts with : "When a group of anarcho-socialist self-proclaimed freedom fighters" It's everywhere on the internet to describe the show. The words Anarcho-socialist, since they're not linked to the dedicated wiki page, sound more like a way to say really bad activists guys . Therefore I would either, depending on the show:
Let's hear it from the fans ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikobcn ( talk • contribs) 22:13, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
I am currently working on a List of Characters page here. Any help will be grateful.-- Ditto51 ( My Talk Page) 12:47, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
What is the criteria for this, I've gone through a few opening credit sequences and found that quite a few Recurring characters are credited inbetween Starring/Regular cast members that we have listed. So what is the criteria for this exactly.-- Ditto51 ( My Talk Page) 18:21, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
Millahnna, what are your thought on this? What determines a main character because for most series it is either title sequences like NCIS or just the actors names coming up after the "Previous on..." on opening scenes. While S3 is obvious as it specifically states them, what about S1 and S2?-- Ditto51 ( My Talk Page) 21:34, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
The page mentions the Kira who was killed as Green Kira three times. Where does that come from? Not the show, I don't think. - Lisa ( talk - contribs) 19:34, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
There exists a "web/online" series also named Continuum, q.v. watchcontinuum.com/about/ which has two people and a computer trapped in a space shuttle. A wiki page was proposed "Continuum_(web_series)" which was never started.
Just to keep things straight, we ought to open that page as a place holder for them, so that a disambiguation can be set up to direct people searching for Continuum to our pages or their pages. Both titles are packaged as a series of seasons and episodes, making their classifications functionally indistinguishable. Maybe this will cut down the confusion to people who search the title Continuum. HiTechHiTouch ( talk) 07:16, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
Help the newbie, please... Are you asking for a second reference to the existence of the series? Wouldn't IMDB work? If you can be specific, I'll hunt you one down. HiTechHiTouch ( talk) 23:03, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
OK, "Continuum_(web_series)" will probably never pass the notability test, and would end up a Wikipedia:Permastub. HiTechHiTouch ( talk) 23:33, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
Is it really necessary to have 10 sources to support half of a sentence in the lead? It looks ridiculous. Niteshift36 ( talk) 22:22, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
I have removed this article from Category:Television series set in the 2010s. As is noted on the category page, this category is only for "Television shows whose events take place in the 2010s but which were made before that decade." As Continuum was made in the 2010s it should not be included in said category. Dunarc ( talk) 22:52, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
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You can't start a paragraph with "CPS Protector Kiera Cameron" without first defining what CPS is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.155.167.25 ( talk) 07:33, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
The referenced PDF-File "Continuum_Sponsorship_Opportunities.pdf" contains only the statement "Contact your sales rep for more details on Continuum" and three telephone/fax numbers. Is it possible to find a better reference — the main homepage of the series doesn't include the given facts? -- Taschna ( talk) 05:43, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Where are the summaries of the episodes? -- LAW CSI ( talk) 11:52, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Please only review the first episode. Otherwise, you need to alert for spoilers. We want to give people enough information for them to know if they want to watch the show. Spoilers will just make them move on. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.46.205.201 ( talk) 13:53, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
No, you are totally wrong:
Show airs on sundays but episode 6 never aired? Any idea why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.188.135.11 ( talk) 04:44, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
There is an actual liber8.com site they made. -- 95.34.4.130 ( talk) 20:27, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: www.tvrage.com/Continuum/episodes/1065184897. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. VernoWhitney ( talk) 15:06, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://continuumtheseries.com/episodes/. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. VernoWhitney ( talk) 03:16, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
"Vancouver", and she starts off posing as a "Portland" police officer. They're both ambiguous cities though. Vancouver Canada? Portland Oregon? What? 111.69.198.177 ( talk) 10:52, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
I think we can use examples from Doctor Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Blade Runner to flesh out this section as well as suggestions from Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television. — Vorik111 ( talk) 07:18, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
Kiera's eyes are blue, as well as her husband's. Their son has brown eyes. This is impossible (as of 2013) :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.73.240.35 ( talk) 14:16, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
Blue eyed parents can have a brown eyed baby. The chances are very low, but it does happen. See http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask332 Ianbrettcooper ( talk) 03:42, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Young Alec points out that there are essentially two possibilities:
The first is that this is a time loop, and elderly Alec in 2077 had already met Kiera, remembered everything they did together, and was possibly even inspired to create cybernetic technology from encountering "his" future work in her implants. In this case, nothing can be changed, and the mega-corporations will still dominate the planet in 2077.
The second possibility is that the time travel of the terrorists and Kiera has altered the pre-existing timeline, and due to their intervention it is no longer certain what 2077 will be like.
The first possibility is indicated in Season 1 Episode 1, when during the escape of the Liber8, the 2077 Alec Sadler was the only witness who seemed totally unsurprised as events unfolded.
The theory is potentially contradicted in Season 1 Episode 5 when a woman believed to be the grandmother of Liber8 member Matthew Kellog is killed before she can have children and Kellog remains in existence, but the present Alec notes that there is no way to be sure if the woman in question actually was Kellog's grandmother, as he merely identified her based on the house she lived in and he could have found the house before his family moved in.
In season 1's tenth and final episode, "Endtime", we discover more evidence that the time loop possibility is indeed correct: Sadler knew precisely what would happen in 2077 and purposefully sent both Kiera and Liber8 back in time, for reasons yet unknown.
Above material transplanted from main article. Speculation until proven in-series. -- 24.150.178.154 ( talk) 23:26, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
I noticed on the front page the renewal paragraph is cluttered, I don't think it needs to be heavily referenced with each renewal and mentioned in great detail that it premieres on Showcase and Syfy each time. Why not just have one line that mentions that it was renewed for 'Insert season here with source' and its premiere date for each network. Something like this..
On May 5, 2014 Showcase renewed Continuum for a fourth season(reference source here). And then mention the premiere date for each network afterwards(with source).
I would make the changes myself but I'm just an IP user and don't know how some of the more established editors on the page handle it. 86.15.195.205 ( talk) 23:17, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
The lede of this article currently states that On June 5, 2013, Continuum was officially renewed for a third season which premiered on March 16, 2014 On Showcase in Canada and April 4, 2014 on Syfy in the US. If I'm not mistaken, April 4th hasn't arrived yet. I'm not suggesting any changes to the lede, but rather be careful about adding dated material.-- Isaidnoway (talk) 04:40, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
The plot's second paragraph starts with : "When a group of anarcho-socialist self-proclaimed freedom fighters" It's everywhere on the internet to describe the show. The words Anarcho-socialist, since they're not linked to the dedicated wiki page, sound more like a way to say really bad activists guys . Therefore I would either, depending on the show:
Let's hear it from the fans ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikobcn ( talk • contribs) 22:13, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
I am currently working on a List of Characters page here. Any help will be grateful.-- Ditto51 ( My Talk Page) 12:47, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
What is the criteria for this, I've gone through a few opening credit sequences and found that quite a few Recurring characters are credited inbetween Starring/Regular cast members that we have listed. So what is the criteria for this exactly.-- Ditto51 ( My Talk Page) 18:21, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
Millahnna, what are your thought on this? What determines a main character because for most series it is either title sequences like NCIS or just the actors names coming up after the "Previous on..." on opening scenes. While S3 is obvious as it specifically states them, what about S1 and S2?-- Ditto51 ( My Talk Page) 21:34, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
The page mentions the Kira who was killed as Green Kira three times. Where does that come from? Not the show, I don't think. - Lisa ( talk - contribs) 19:34, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
There exists a "web/online" series also named Continuum, q.v. watchcontinuum.com/about/ which has two people and a computer trapped in a space shuttle. A wiki page was proposed "Continuum_(web_series)" which was never started.
Just to keep things straight, we ought to open that page as a place holder for them, so that a disambiguation can be set up to direct people searching for Continuum to our pages or their pages. Both titles are packaged as a series of seasons and episodes, making their classifications functionally indistinguishable. Maybe this will cut down the confusion to people who search the title Continuum. HiTechHiTouch ( talk) 07:16, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
Help the newbie, please... Are you asking for a second reference to the existence of the series? Wouldn't IMDB work? If you can be specific, I'll hunt you one down. HiTechHiTouch ( talk) 23:03, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
OK, "Continuum_(web_series)" will probably never pass the notability test, and would end up a Wikipedia:Permastub. HiTechHiTouch ( talk) 23:33, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
Is it really necessary to have 10 sources to support half of a sentence in the lead? It looks ridiculous. Niteshift36 ( talk) 22:22, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
I have removed this article from Category:Television series set in the 2010s. As is noted on the category page, this category is only for "Television shows whose events take place in the 2010s but which were made before that decade." As Continuum was made in the 2010s it should not be included in said category. Dunarc ( talk) 22:52, 1 July 2019 (UTC)