user9943: Often there are these very personal questions. They may be closed as home-work or as self-help, but often I have to write a personal message to OP. For example, these recent questions are 1) about the design of an experiment which is really only of benefit to OP, and 2) a medical observation, but not really of medical concern and therefore born out of scientifically curiosity but nonetheless oriented on OP alone:

https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/34180/ideas-for-a-research-experiment
Why are there ghost images of objects just out of focus

Can we not add a close-vote reason for a question to be targeted too much to one person? I mean, a good question should be interesting not only to OP, but to the wider community.
At CogSci.SE they recently changed their self-help closing-message into: 

Questions about the behavior of an individual person are off-topic. If you are concerned about a potential medical issue, please seek the advice of a medical professional. For more information, see Why was my self-help question closed as off-topic?.

Now the "behavior" part is not suitable for Bio, but we also could modify the self-help close-vote message from 

Personal medical questions and health advice are off-topic on Biology. We cannot safely answer questions for your specific situation and you should always consult a doctor for medical advice

into:

Questions about an individual person are off-topic in Biology. Such questions include personal questions on education and career paths, and personal medical questions and health advice. We cannot safely answer questions for your specific situation and you should always consult a doctor for medical advice


user6: I strongly dislike overloading custom close reasons with different reasons that aren't strongly connected in some way. It makes the reasons much harder to read and can easily be confusing.
Custom close reasons also should only represent the most common close reasons, they don't need to cover every possible close reason. 
The first question is a recommendation question and should be closed for that reason, there's no need for a custom reason in this case.
I'm not sure if the second one should be closed, it can be read as a question about a general phenomenon. 

9943: <p>Often there are these very personal questions. They may be closed as home-work or as self-help, but often I have to write a personal message to OP. For example, these recent questions are 1) about the design of an experiment which is really only of benefit to OP, and 2) a medical observation, but not really of medical concern and therefore born out of scientifically curiosity but nonetheless oriented on OP alone:</p>

<ol>
<li><a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/34180/ideas-for-a-research-experiment">https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/34180/ideas-for-a-research-experiment</a></li>
<li><a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/34221/why-are-there-ghost-images-of-objects-just-out-of-focus">Why are there ghost images of objects just out of focus</a></li>
</ol>

<p>Can we not add a close-vote reason for a question to be targeted too much to one person? I mean, a good question should be interesting not only to OP, but to the wider community.</p>

<p>At CogSci.SE they recently changed their self-help closing-message into: </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Questions about the behavior of an individual person are off-topic. If you are concerned about a potential medical issue, please seek the advice of a medical professional. For more information, see <a href="https://cogsci.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/502/why-was-my-self-help-question-closed-as-off-topic">Why was my self-help question closed as off-topic</a>?.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Now the "behavior" part is not suitable for Bio, but we also could modify the self-help close-vote message from </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Personal medical questions and health advice are off-topic on Biology. We cannot safely answer questions for your specific situation and you should always consult a doctor for medical advice</p>
</blockquote>

<p>into:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Questions about an individual person are off-topic in Biology. Such questions include personal questions on education and career paths, and personal medical questions and health advice. We cannot safely answer questions for your specific situation and you should always consult a doctor for medical advice</p>
</blockquote>
 6: <p>I strongly dislike overloading custom close reasons with different reasons that aren't strongly connected in some way. It makes the reasons much harder to read and can easily be confusing.</p>

<p>Custom close reasons also should only represent the most common close reasons, they don't need to cover every possible close reason. </p>

<p>The first question is a recommendation question and should be closed for that reason, there's no need for a custom reason in this case.</p>

<p>I'm not sure if the second one should be closed, it can be read as a question about a general phenomenon. </p>
