What in the world is a "top contributor"?

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers/network/c...

This will explain better then l can type and ,l will spare you the long answer lol

You have to be one of the top 10 answerers in a particular category or to have so many best answers in a category. It's a case of getting lots of best answers chosen in a particular category.

Answer a lot of questions in just one category. I didn't get the ugly orange "top contributor" badge until I hit level 3 because I tended to answer in many categories and only recently, as part of my strategy to make it to level 4, started concentrating on a couple of categories. Suddenly, poof! I had the badge!

I saw one woman with just 1,000 points had a "top contributor" badge but, looking at her answers, yeah, she'd answered almost all of her questions from one particular category. You can do it, too! Just remember, though, you have to KEEP ANSWERING those questions or you can lose the badge. I've seen people complaining because they lost their badge but they must not have kept answering.

Becoming a TC has to do with the amount of "best answers" received. So actually it's users giving you this badge who vote for your answers. You can get it for up to 3 categories, mouseover any users avatar and you'll find out, in which categories they are most knowledgeable. You don't get to keep this badge forever, it's not only for lots of best answers, but also you have to be very active.

A person that is extremely knowledgeable in a particular category is a top contributor.