Vanity is the background of this question, but here we go...

To prevent misunderstandings: this is *not* about the *ask ubuntu newsletter*, but the *Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter* (sent by Elizabeth K. Joseph).

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###Since long
I have been subscribed to the *Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter*. I never read it actually too well, until today. My eye fell on a subject in the mail:

***People Contributing the best questions and answers this week:***<br>
Since at least once or twice, one of my answers was pretty generously voted on, I had the vain hope to find my name somewhere in older mails. I admit.. as vain as it gets. 

Digging through the mails however, I didn't see my name *ever*, which made me wonder, what is the algorithm behind the decision to mention questions or answer as "the best"?

###What it is not:
- The votes on the questions or answer
- The activity on the question
- Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week

Since these are mentioned separately.

Therefore, I asked the newsletter folks, who directed me to the [Ask Ubuntu script on Launchpad][1], which didn't help much. I was advised to ask it here, and so I do.


  [1]: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~uwn/uwn/scripts/view/head:/askubuntu/askubuntu.py