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Thank you for bringing that to my attention. Thanks, I didn't know that. Thanks, I did not know that guideline. Thank you for letting me know. Thanks, I am getting it now. Thanks for telling me, I would have gotten into trouble. Thank you, I never would have thought of that.
You don't have to like the source, it only needs to be reliable. Although editor 2 may be correct in reading the letter of Wikipedia policy regarding reliable sources, another response, which would have garnered more good faith, and would be more preferable would have been this:
The best way you can be a reliable source is to strictly adhere to the guidelines pertaining to them. This means to cite all information you add to articles, to be sure all information is verifiable, and not to include original research in your additions. If you get known for being a reliable source--that is, for using authoritative sources ...
This dilemma is similar to the usual sourcing dilemma in relation to these biases, with the difference that numbers can give the false illusion of being reliable, since numbers can give the impression of being more objective than words. (Numbers obtained and presented accurately, are, of course, at the heart of most of modern science; but there ...
If you want to begin with a definition, then AFAICT the actual definition is: "A reliable source is a published document that experienced Wikipedia editors will accept for supporting a given bit of material in a Wikipedia article." You have probably noticed the absence of words like reputation, fact-checking, accuracy, independence, etc. That's ...
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Historians carry out original research, often using primary sources. Historians often have a PhD or advanced academic training in historiography, but may have an advanced degree in a related social science field or a domain specific field; other scholars and reliable sources will typically use the descriptive label historian to refer to an historian.
A source can be reliable or unreliable for the material it is meant to support. Some sources, such as unpublished texts and an editor's own personal experience, are prohibited. When editors talk about sources that are being cited on Wikipedia, they might be referring to any one of these three concepts: The piece of work itself (the article, book)