Do you have to be a certain level to become a top contributor to a section?

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 rumoured 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.

{A "Top Contributor" is a member of the Yahoo Answers community who has shown that they are knowledgeable in a certain category. Each user can be a top contributor in a maximum three categories.

You earn it or lose it depending on your recent participation in a certain section.

The more positively you contribute, the more chance there is that you will get a TC badge. Just like featured users or category leaders, it's another way to give credit to community members.}

The TC 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 rumoured that you need at least a 10 percent best answers in your chosen category to get a TC badge although the actual percentage and the number of answers is Yahoo's secret.

All you see and read on the subject is speculation, rumour, assumption, imagination, and guesswork.

A user who is on the leader board may or may not have a TC badge, the criteria is measured on weekly participation in a particular category (number of answers and % of best answers in the category).

The easiest way to get a TC badge is to concentrate on one category where many questions are asked and hope to get some best answers.

The Polls and Surveys and Jokes and Riddles categories do not have Top Contributors.

If you have contributed enough to meet Yahoo's criteria, the orange badge will appear below your avatar on Monday morning.

It can disappear just as easily on Monday morning, if you don't keep answering questions in your chosen category.

TC badges are not taken from one user and then given to another. It is given to all those users who receive a particular amount of BA in a category. You can become a TC on level 1 as well.

A Top Contributor is someone who is knowledgeable in a particular category.The top contributor badge is dynamic, which means that you earn it or lose it depending on your recent participation in a particular category.

Top Contributor badges are given out on Monday mornings only. If a person stops answering and getting best answers in that category, the top contributor badge can be taken away the same way on Monday morning.

The total number of answers or percentage of Best Answers by which we can earn a TC badge is Yahoo's secret. No one is sure about it. Some say a total number of 70 answers and 10% best answer rate is required and some say that a total of 20 best answers in 3 weeks can earn a TC badge but these are all rumors

My experience says that you have to earn 21 best answers within 3 weeks to become a top contributor

Top Contributor badges are not given in Polls and Surveys and Jokes and Riddles sections.

You can become a top contributor on any level. It has nothing to do with how many points you have and on which level you are on.

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Have a nice day! :)

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