Off topic questions:

• http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/2918/whats-a-good-free-editor-for-animated-gifs

  I'd support migrating this to Super User. I agree it seems oddly placed here.

• http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/8715/good-word-for-a-group-of-intellectuals-or-a-group-of-smart-learners

  Already migrated to english.se

• Why is SunBurst background so popular and are there any other ones?

  Should just be closed. Could be a tiny bit more defensible if it did more research had provided examples of UIs that use this sunburst effect, rather than a general, "why is the sky blue?" daydream.

• What makes Silverback a usability program?

I think this is on topic enough if you read the text of the question.

Not a real question:

• How can we design for unsophisticated computer users?

  Needed a better title, but I do think it's broadly on topic here.

• Redesigning a My Account Page, What kind of navigation is best?

  Basically a "critique my design" question, unless someone is able to generalize it. Seems a bit too localized to me. Should be generalized so it can help others, or closed.

• Designing for children and young readers?

  Very close to being generalizable to the case of "designing for children" and "designing for young readers" so mostly OK.

• How do I determine an appropriate UX design hourly rate for my location?

  Nicely generalizable with a little bit of editing!

There are 1 or 2 where I agree with you, they should be closed outright. But overall we're not doing too badly here (at least from my perspective).

Some of these questions are indeed borderline, but a trend I'm seeing here is that these questions can be whipped into shape by editing them to make them a bit more general.

So perhaps what you ought to consider doing in the future is contributing some edits -- as in the examples where I edited, above -- to help make the questions better for everyone!

Off topic questions:

• https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/2918/whats-a-good-free-editor-for-animated-gifs

  I'd support migrating this to Super User. I agree it seems oddly placed here.

• https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/8715/good-word-for-a-group-of-intellectuals-or-a-group-of-smart-learners

  Already migrated to english.se

• Why is SunBurst background so popular and are there any other ones?

  Should just be closed. Could be a tiny bit more defensible if it did more research had provided examples of UIs that use this sunburst effect, rather than a general, "why is the sky blue?" daydream.

• What makes Silverback a usability program?

I think this is on topic enough if you read the text of the question.

Not a real question:

• How can we design for unsophisticated computer users?

  Needed a better title, but I do think it's broadly on topic here.

• Redesigning a My Account Page, What kind of navigation is best?

  Basically a "critique my design" question, unless someone is able to generalize it. Seems a bit too localized to me. Should be generalized so it can help others, or closed.

• Designing for children and young readers?

  Very close to being generalizable to the case of "designing for children" and "designing for young readers" so mostly OK.

• How do I determine an appropriate UX design hourly rate for my location?

  Nicely generalizable with a little bit of editing!

There are 1 or 2 where I agree with you, they should be closed outright. But overall we're not doing too badly here (at least from my perspective).

Some of these questions are indeed borderline, but a trend I'm seeing here is that these questions can be whipped into shape by editing them to make them a bit more general.

So perhaps what you ought to consider doing in the future is contributing some edits -- as in the examples where I edited, above -- to help make the questions better for everyone!