Mike, I have been on Y.A. for a long t ime, I am now at level 6, and I would like to get a top contributor ba?

Answer in the categories you know the most about and get best answers.Answering 40 - 50 questions a month in a category is said to be how many you should answer to be considered . Each user can be a top contributor in up to three categories.

The more you answer and get chosen as best answer, the better chance there is that you will get a T/C badge.

The T/C badge is awarded on the number of questions answered and best answers received by the user in a particular week, in a particular category. It is dynamic so you earn it or lose it depending on your recent participation in a certain section. There are no top contributors in polls and surveys or jokes and riddles.

T/C badges show up on your profile on monday's.

It is rumored that you need at least a 10 percent best answers in your chosen category to get a T/C badge but the actual percentage and the number of answers is Yahoo's secret.

Levels have nothing to do with being a top contributor. You could be a month old level 2 and be one.

first you have to answer at least 50 or questions a month in a category

also you have to maintain least a 10% nest answer avg

My name is Mike, but why do I feel you aren't talking to me? And is the Mike that is here as official Yahoo honcho considered someone you are chatting with if you address him directly? And does he give himself violations?