# Permalinks not working for some URLs

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalinks-not-working-for-some-urls/53766
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 4, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalinks-not-working-for-some-urls/53766 "2016-12-04T12:55:59Z")
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### Author: ![Viir](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/viir/32/244089_2.png) [@Viir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viir)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalinks-not-working-for-some-urls/53766/1 "2016-12-04T12:55:59Z")

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I am working on a [tool to import from MVCForum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-mvcforum-to-discourse/53746) and trying to figure out how I can make Discourse permalink from some old URLs. Some URLs worked with the discourse permalink feature but some did not (I got the “_Oops! That page doesn’t exist or is private._” message for those)

The old URL can look like this:

```
 thread/forum-software-upgrade/?order=all#comment-e3c739ae-1b3c-494c-850c-a6cc00b81acc

```

For substrings truncated after the question mark, the permalink worked.  
For example, permalinks worked for the following URLs:

```plaintext
thread/forum-software-upgrade
thread/forum-software-upgrade/
thread/forum-software-upgrade/?

```

But not for those:

```plaintext
thread/forum-software-upgrade/?order
thread/forum-software-upgrade/?order=all
thread/forum-software-upgrade/?order=all#comment-e3c739ae-1b3c-494c-850c-a6cc00b81acc

```

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalinks-not-working-for-some-urls/53766/2 "2016-12-04T14:12:38Z")

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See the setting

```
permalink normalizations

```

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalinks-not-working-for-some-urls/53766/3 "2024-06-08T12:45:09Z")

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