h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It's been an interesting year for the Quote of the Day. It exists, for one thing, and isn't just a slow moving Quote of the Week anymore. Actually, it seemed to be Quote of the Quarter at the start of the week, but we've speeded up a lot since.

Since QotD re-started I've been keeping an archive (A87720564) and a leaderboard (A87723723), and have backdated both to the start of the year.

The first Quote of the year was "You have to make things happen yourself, really." from Trillian's Child. A quote which does rather epitomise the events of the year, which has seen us pass from the BBC into the ownership of Not Panicking Ltd - and the site is now run by the community. We really are making things happen ourselves.

The last Quote of the year, from Bluebottle, more displays the sense of humour on our beloved site, "I think that a smiley should have a rail replacement bus service every Sunday instead." It also reminds us of the many new smileys that have been added since the changeover, and that the community's thirst for more will probably never be satiated.

But the real question: that of the most Quoted researcher of the year, does not have a clear answer. If you were looking at the most time spent on the <./>FrontPage</.> than it would be Trillian's Child, with that first Quote of the year, which remained on the FP for about 4 and half months. But if, on the other hand, you were looking at the most number of distinct Quotes, then it's a three-way tie between Baron Grim (formally known as Count Zero), Malabarista and Mr603.

So there you have it. Next year should be a more interesting contest, as we will have 366 days' worth of Quotes to consider. So, be interesting, be funny, and be Quoted. I'll be watching.