Obsolete:Upload directory restructure proposal

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Current

upload3/
- private/
  - wikipedia/en/
    - 0/0/0/*
- wikipedia/en/
  - 0/0/*
  - thumb/
    - 0/0/*
  - archive/
    - 0/0/*
  - temp/
    - *

Proposed

upload/
- wikipedia/en/
  - 0/0/*
  - archive/
    - 0/0/*
thumb/
- wikipedia/en/
  - 0/0/*
private/
- wikipedia/en/
  - 0/0/0/*
  - temp/
    - *

Advantage: Easier to make bulk copies, for instance plopping the whole public upload area onto a public rsync server.