(OrangeFruitGood - this is for you regarding your question about Q post #2, but felt it might be more helpful to the board to make a new post.)
Some of the newer members are only now finding Q's postings, and wondering what they mean. Many times context of the day helped understand the post. Sometimes not, and we had to wait for "news to unlock". The original research was compiled by Anons, and posted several places. There was a lot of research documented on many posts, and virtually none on others. Here is one source showing decodes for Q posts.
Go to this link: https://qresear.ch/
Click the Q Posts tab.
Scroll down until you find the Q post number desired
Click on the highlighted post number.
Scroll down on the post to find "Answers and Decodings"
One can also scroll through the Q posts by clicking previous or next post.
Click on the word "spreadsheet" to see all the decodes, and download them for safekeeping.
Note, early this morning the site kept "disappearing" only to reappear a few minutes later. So be patient. There is also a note this site will move to another server soon, and to try Q-Resear.ch if having problems.
8kun.top/qresearch/
Go to catalog
Yes, the catalog is great for more recent posts once one learns how to use it. The other link was provided because it's a search engine for the entire site, along with having the tabs to allow quick access to important information. It seemed easier for new people to use and understand.
What happened to wearethenews.ws
No idea, seems to have suddenly disappeared a few months ago. It was an aggregator of Notables. Notables are at the beginning of each Q Research bread on 8kun.top highlighting the (perceived) most important posts in that bread. Seems like Q asked for something like this, but can't find the specific post. 8kun.top has breads of the notables, look in the Catalog for headings like this: Subject: Q Research Notables #8. It's a running aggregated copy of the notables that are listed at the top of each bread. For the latest research bread, look on the Catalog page for headings like this: Q Research General #18427 If images are working properly, the Research General threads will have an image of the flag being raised to make them easier to spot.
or, equally perplexing, what (really) happened to voat
These links are on 8kun, may be helpful:
https://qnotables.com
https://anontimes.com/