Well none of the internet forums that I've been have been really proffesionals,or matched my orginal need...but what is to do when you are in Internet
Anyway I cannot singh that commet becouse (although I'm completely subjective to say this) we have managed to cut down alot of off-topic BS and most importantly flame fights and nationalistic driven penis-contests. I'm not saying that this kind of thing doesen't happen here but atleast we have severy restricted it. In the community of military discussion forums, Defencetalk (and we as subsidors) are definetly one of the more "cleaner" ones and IMO one of the more proffesional.
But in the end we mods have limited tools to make this place more professional, its more down to you guys. Ofcourse we can cut out the bad weeds and most obvious BS but the general level of discussion is all down to the vast majority of the members. What determines proffesionalism is hard to say, but at least some things like objectivity, maturity, open-minds and desire to learn will most definelty improve it.
So come all ye young lads out there (and few old sods
), I throw the ball onto you...