The issue is that reading the notes in standard notation is, at least to me, much more difficult than reading Dm7 and come up with a reasonable inversion of the

The issue is that reading the notes in standard notation is, at least to me, much more difficult than reading Dm7 and come up with a reasonable inversion of the chord based on where my hands are in relation to the C#dim that I'm current playing. It's a pragmatic thing, not just gatekeeping.