Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Hollywood North

Keep - Despite the ambiguities, the general consensus is that the term "Hollywood North" is now attributed to multiple major film centers that is NOT Hollywood itself. I've been reading discussions debating in regards to where Hollywood North is attributed to and the origins of the term, I still find most of what I'm reading not being able to fully get the facts correct. Although it is claimed that the first appearance of the term was Mike Gasher's book, it is not. During the early 80's, Vancouver was starting to see a lot of Hollywood Runaway productions being filmed there. As an aspiring screenwriter, I took a lot of interest in the developing industry in Vancouver. The first time I saw the term "Hollywood North" first appeared in a new publication called Reel West and this is before Gasher's book was published and released. Out of curiosity, I purchased his book when it was first released with the thought that Gasher was "borrowing" the terminology or describing the Industry as it has now become to be known. Sadly, I cannot find any of these publications amongst my huge horde of stowed boxes but I do recall this clearly. In my opinion, Hollywood North was a media coinage and was directly referring to the burgeoning film industry in Vancouver. Having worked on the movie set of Runaway in 1984(no pun intended), those in the business here in California were already familiar with the term. I also recall at one point how the industry here was concerned about losing productions to Vancouver that Variety magazine then first used the term for their article. Again, I cannot directly cite this. Although Wikipedia allows inclusion only for verifiable information, I thought I would post this information and see if you can do your own research.