Updating Metadata in PSE 12

Example:
I have a picture with the tag BIG BLUE MOON. I update the metadata and no matter what program I use I see the tag of BIG BLUE MOON.
Down the road I decide to change that tag name to BLUE MOON thus removing the word BIG. I update the metadata.
Now when I view the metadata thru any other program it has both tags: Big Blue Moon and Blue Moon.
So now I will have to go thru all my pictures and manually remove the word BIG.
Is there an easier way?

When you are going to try an important change not only to the catalog, but also to many files, the obvious advice is to start with a full backup from the organizer. Should anything go wrong, you could always get back to the previous state (catalog and image files).
Also, I would not try the 1000 photos the first time : maybe a test on a dozen or so images.
I am assuming that the tags in your files all come from the organizer, not from another software. My suggestion is based on the fact that the tags in the catalog are the only valid ones. I have run that process on much more than 1000 files.
Lightroom is more powerful for metadata management. The problem with the Organizer is that it can only read the metadata in the files at import time. With the above solution, you can update the metada in two stages : cleaning, then writing. If on the contrary you want to update the catalog from the files, it's not possible... unless you delete the files from the catalog and reimport them.

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