So I wasn't the only one to have trouble finding that article, since that was the first thing I thought of when clicking on this thread. They say the Internet never forgets anything, but when websites stop being hosted or things are made deliberately harder to find, it may as well have!

I haven't done true loaded touring or bikepacking, so the following can be discounted as much as anyone pleases. But, I've done enough rides with heavy rear-only loads, or with a bulky handlebar bag mounted high on the bars themselves, to prefer front loads as low as possible. A few of the riders in my club who look like they're always on tour have come to prefer loading the front wheel, as well.