Was surprised to find some org-babel packages (ob-*) were being moved to org-contrib/ while others not.
The reasoning is apparently:
> "I suggest a criterium [sic] for keeping ob*.el files in Org could be that the extension is known by Emacs _or_ that the supported language is well-established."
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/criterium#Noun
>2. Alternative form of criterion
>1867 George H. Lewes, A Biographical History of Philosophy 1.181:
>There is no criterium of truth.
It might be understandable for a digital medium which can be hard to paste from, like a PDF.
That said, if we're being honest, I think you're right that the reason for adding 'sic' is usually as a snarky way to say 'haha, they made a spelling mistake', and in the hope that it helps to undermine a point which the transcriber is usually arguing against.
In hindsight it wasn’t completely obvious. I ended up googling the phrase to confirm.
Just seemed very likely that the quote was taken from an email or forum as opposed to some heard speech or a bulletin. But point taken about the fact that some people might transcribe digital text.