I have a local river tagged with name=
The problem I see is how the name is located on the rendered map. My guess is that it is located at the geometric center of the way. In the case of where there is a large bend in the river, the name is located way off.
Is the best suggestion to split that section into smaller ways, forcing the name to be located closer (and therefore more often)?
I don't suppose there is a method of locating the name manually.