# Permalink overhead

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalink-overhead/51558>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [14 Octubre, 2016 16:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalink-overhead/51558 "2016-10-14T16:57:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [14 Octubre, 2016 16:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalink-overhead/51558/1 "2016-10-14T16:57:40Z")

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I’m updating `bbpress.rb` to have it deal with attachments (now it inserts a link to the attachment on the original site) and create permalinks for the old URLs.

The old format is `/forums/topic/slug’. For anyone who knows how to write an Nginx redirect, it’s pretty simple to redirect that to /t/slug and be done with it. OTOH at this particular instant, it is faster for me to add code to the importer to create those permalinks.

Question: Is there any reason **not** to create a permalink for every topic?

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