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A "self-made man whose adoptive father (who was a wealthy doctor) had enough money to send him to Stanford University? What is Wikipedia's definition of "self-made"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianbrettcooper ( talk • contribs) 23:06, 21 April 2023 (UTC) reply

Stanford was not expensive then. It didn't even charge tuition until 1920 ($40/quarter) though there was still the cost of room/board/books. https://exhibits.stanford.edu/stanford-stories/feature/1920s Erp ( talk) 12:51, 11 July 2023 (UTC) reply

I agree that the "self-made man" editorializing should be deleted from the article. He also dropped out of college to work for his uncle's real estate company? I would delete the "self-made man" clause personally but the article is semi-protected right now. Let's please delete it.-- 212.166.223.142 ( talk) 20:52, 12 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Currently this reads: "By 1914, Hoover was a very wealthy man, with an estimated personal fortune of $4 million (equivalent to $116.86 million in 2022)". This is an idiotic sentence. I assume that the calculation is correct; but unless his wealth was known to be $4,000,0XX in 1914 it is just plain daft to put that into modern dollars at five significant figures. Far better to say something like ". . .$4 million (equivalent to $100 million or more in modern times)." Cross Reference ( talk) 22:46, 17 June 2023 (UTC) reply

1 sentence is not enough I don't think. Could be worthy of a subsection 2001:569:5017:6D00:CFCB:96C2:22A9:6A47 ( talk) 18:31, 1 February 2024 (UTC) reply

The use of the word "landslide" to describe Hoovers victory is vague, and in the US Electoral system could mean mearly hiting 50% +1, which is the bare minimum in other election systems. I suggest removing the word "landslide" and replacing it with how much he won by, or changing landslide to a link to the wiki article that explains the term. Poundsand2 ( talk) 23:03, 15 April 2024 (UTC) Sandy reply