Rails - Jun 2010 - REST design question

I have an Item class with archive(), remove(), report() and suspend()
methods.

I''m trying to decide how to map controllers and actions to each of
those methods. I can create a separate resource for each method:

resources :items do
  resource :archival
  resource :removal
  resource :report
  resource :suspension
end

or simple add some extra verbs on the :items resource

resources :items do
  get :archive, :on => :member
  get :remove, :on => :member
  get :suspend, :on => :member
  get :report, :on => :member
  post :archive, :on => :member
  post :remove, :on => :member
  post :suspend, :on => :member
  post :report, :on => :member
end

I''m leaning towards the latter because I like the naming convention
more. archive_item_path sounds more intuitive than
new_item_archival_path

I doubt there''s any definitive answer but can anyone offer their
opinions as to the advantages/disadvantages of one approach over
another?

thanks
Alan

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Archival, removal, report and suspension aren''t really resources... 
they''re actions on an Item.

Option 2 is definitely the preferred approach IMHO.
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