Talk:Public benefit corporation
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It looks like the definition of "public benefit corporation" as used in this article reflects a definition unique to New York law (in the sense of implying that a public benefit corporation is essentially a form of state-controlled corporation). In many other states, including California, a "public benefit corporation" is a IRC 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit corporation, while a "mutual benefit corporation" is a nonprofit corporation that is either not tax-exempt or is tax-exempt under some IRC section other than 501(c)(3). This article needs to be fixed to show that New York's definition is an unusual one. --Coolcaesar 06:32, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
- Wow, this article is still a mess. Unfortunately, I'm still way too busy with depositions and law and motion practice to deal with this. And my main Wikipedia priority at the moment is fixing the Attorney at law article and fighting off vandals on articles I've invested a lot of time in, like Lawyer. --Coolcaesar 06:34, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
- Four months later. Still a mess. Sad. Very sad. This is the classic example of an orphan article because everyone is too busy cleaning up other articles to clean it up. In my opinion it would be better to not have an article like this, which is an incoherent mess, than to have it at all. --Coolcaesar (talk) 16:39, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- I have finally done some preliminary research on InfoTrac OneFile and ProQuest eLibrary. It appears that the most common and neutral terms for a corporation owned by the government are "government corporation" and "government-owned corporation." In most U.S. states, a "public benefit corporation" is simply a IRC 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit corporation that is run for the public benefit (but is not a government agency or even controlled or funded by the government).
- I propose moving most of the content in this article into Government-owned corporation, and then making this article into a disambiguation page between Nonprofit organization, Not-for-profit corporation, Government-owned corporation, New York State public benefit corporation. Any objections? --Coolcaesar (talk) 07:01, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
- Okay, it's been three weeks and no one objected. --Coolcaesar (talk) 09:08, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
- Four months later. Still a mess. Sad. Very sad. This is the classic example of an orphan article because everyone is too busy cleaning up other articles to clean it up. In my opinion it would be better to not have an article like this, which is an incoherent mess, than to have it at all. --Coolcaesar (talk) 16:39, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
