Because there could be related resources, e.g. "/repositories/1/users", or "/users/1/comments". I agree it's not necessary, but having /actions just makes it m

Because there could be related resources, e.g. "/repositories/1/users", or "/users/1/comments". I agree it's not necessary, but having /actions just makes it more clear. For example: "/repositories/1/bans" shows me all bans "/repositories/1/ban" ban action I know it's a bad example, but you could end up with other similar related resource and action names that could increase chances of silly mistakes.