Yes. We should allow questions about specific ancestors. 

I agree with @JustinY that ***"If we don't address those types of questions in some form then we have no chance of maintaining a viable community. You can only ask so many questions about research methods."***

I disagree with the assertion that the specific questions must be generalized because only the Original Poster (OP) will care about the answer. 

I agree generalizing helps more people but the assertion that only the OP cares about a specific ancestor is misleading. Although I agree only my sister and I care about my father, most people born in the 1600s have thousands of descendants, maybe even millions. Some of the value of the site comes from finding your 'cousins' interested in that same ancestor (see [need-more-strategies-for-meeting-collaborative-cousins][1]).

@beachbuddah observes *'there are many sites out there that do just the sort of thing'* (ie specific ancestors). I think that supports the idea that genealogy.se should as well. Recall the se "about" observes *"What’s so special about this? Well, nothing, really. But we synthesize aspects of Wikis, Blogs, Forums, and Digg/Reddit in a way that we think is original."*. And I'll add genealogy.se would be the one place to go to get all questions answered.

I think @Fortiter had it correct that a question is best when it has both a general question and a specific example. This helps the greater community but also helps those with the specific interest in an individual. Remember stackexchange is about answering questions to specific problems. Wanting info about a specific ancestor is a specific problem.

A good analogy might be [CodeReview][2]. Although the code reviewed is a specific program of use only to the OP, it's still worth doing. It helps both the OP and the reviewers and the general community. I think specific ancestor questions would be similar in genealogy.

Recall the questions are specific problems a poster has encountered and are questions about facts (it's not like asking someone to write code for you). Both the method to get the answer, and the specific facts found are both valuable to many.


  [1]: https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/1924/need-more-strategies-for-meeting-collaborative-cousins
  [2]: https://codereview.stackexchange.com/about