Dear MapMasterMike, please follow the automated editing guidelines for any algorithm-based editing like this one, and then point to the community discussion in your changeset so that people can be assured that this has been properly discussed. In the discussion, please explain clearly what algorithms you are planning to use to identify objects to be deleted or modified. 

And while not technically required, your credibility would certainly benefit from explaining how someone with two weeks of OSM experience is already applying technical fixes around the planet ;)