# Reserved words in routes **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 26, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reserved-words-in-routes/130266 "2008-02-26T22:19:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reserved-words-in-routes/130266/1 "2008-02-26T22:19:06Z")
I have some models in a system that have less-than-ideal names because the ‘natural’ names clash with reserved words. In order to get nicer URLs I’ve put some entries in the routes file, mapping the reserved words to non-reserved words; e.g.: map.resources :templates, :controller =\> :template\_headers So, URLs that were …/template\_headers/… can be replaced with …/ templates/… , which matches what the users would expect to see. Early testing hasn’t shown any issues, but I’m wondering if anyone has any in-depth experience of this. ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reserved-words-in-routes/130266/2 "2008-05-21T00:07:42Z")
I had a similar problem using ‘serie’ (data series for charting)… so I choose ‘collection’ instead ☹ I encountered this problem whith action name too… Is there a list of reserved words concerning rails routes? ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reserved-words-in-routes/130266/3 "2008-05-21T00:11:34Z")
> Is there a list of reserved words concerning rails routes? [http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/ReservedWords](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/ReservedWords)