Talk:Lyubomir Pipkov

Dating dispute
My understanding on this matter is that MOS:DATEFORMAT states that unless the article's subject deals with people or events whose importance are mostly within the domain of their homelands, that the dating style defaults to whichever was used by the article's "first major contributor," which in this case is me. (The dating system I use simply out of habit is MDY.) This can be changed according to the strong national ties a particular subject may have to a country and its attendant dating system. Lyubomir Pipkov, however, is a classical composer. As with any other important composer, his work is part of the patrimony of the world. Implying that he is merely a matter of importance to Bulgarians is like arguing a figure like Szymanowski or Kodály are only relevant to Poles and Hungarians respectively. Moreover, there are other classical musician articles which clearly defer to MOS:DATEFORMAT despite where their respective subjects may have been born or lived most of their lives. Dates in Stravinsky's article is DMY throughout, despite the fact that he lived most of his life in the United States, was an American citizen, composed for American organizations often, and was a vital figure in American musical life. Conversely, Bruno Walter spent most of his life in Germany and Austria, yet has his article rendering dates MDY. Moreover, MOS:STYLERET makes it clear that consensus needs to be gathered before making stylistic changes to articles: "If you believe an alternative style would be more appropriate for a particular article, discuss this at the article's talk page" and "Edit-warring over style, or enforcing optional style in a bot-like fashion without prior consensus, is never acceptable." This courtesy was not adhered to by GiantSnowman, who instead opted to unilaterally change the dating systems without discussing the matter with their fellow editors on the talk page. So can other editors please weigh in on this matter? Whichever way my fellow editors decide to render dates hereon is fine with me. Thanks in advance. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 02:06, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * TLDR - but if you are going to insist on date consistency please at least ensure the dates are consistent... GiantSnowman 08:42, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * You good, bro? —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 20:34, 3 May 2021 (UTC)