[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Rename database tables (Issue #5619)

[Nenad Vujicic]

> > So my proposal is to rename the tables to match the model names.
> 
> Have you also evaluated the other way around, i.e. change the model names to match the db table names? Assuming that's feasible, that's significantly less risk and effort for anything non-Rails (planetdump-ng, osmdbt, cgimap, changeset replication).

Honestly, changing the model names seems like a much better option than altering the database table names in this case, as it improves readability. For example, `current_nodes` (with the model name Node vs CurrentNode) contains only the latest **(the current)** versions of nodes, while `nodes` (with the model name OldNode vs Node) includes **all** versions of node definitions. I believe this falls under the category of `naming things` (like #5539) and is highly subjective, so opinions will vary.

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