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-A '''Service Tag''' is a tag that consists of one letter and two numbers, meant to identify soldiers quickly during battle. They show-up when another soldier "sees" you through a wall or if their cross-hair is not pointed directly on you, but they still see you on their current screen.
+{{Status|Gameplay}}
+A '''Service Tag''' is a tag meant to identify soldiers quickly during [[battle]]. They are used in ''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', ''[[Halo 4]]'', ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'', ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', and ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' [[multiplayer]], [[Cooperative play|co-op]] [[campaign]], [[Firefight]], and ''[[Spartan Ops]]''.
+Service Tags consist of one letter followed by two numbers in ''Halo 3''. In ''Halo 3: ODST'' ''Halo 4'', ''Halo: Reach'', ''Halo 5: Guardians'', and ''Halo Infinite'', they can be any combination of 4 letters or numbers. ''[[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta]]'' also allowed other symbols, such as punctuation, but these are not allowed in the final game. In ''The Master Chief Collection'', they can be any 3 letters or numbers.
+Service Tags show up above the player's head in the HUD, with a marker indicating their position; in team games, players can see their teammates' locations and Service Tags even through walls. When the player's crosshair is directly pointed at that player, the full user name is displayed instead. When players die, the service tag is replaced with a red cross. This also helps the slain player's teammates to locate enemies.
 == Advantages ==
+It is good to set one's service tag identical to their profile name, so allies can know which of their team-mates are with them. Also, if one cannot directly center a soldier, one is still able to catch their service tag.
-It is good to set your service tag identical to your profile name, so allies can know which of their team-mates are with them. Also, if you cannot directly center a soldier, you are still able to catch their service tag.
+== Prohibited Service Tags ==
+Profane or offensive service tags are not allowed on Xbox Live. Additional tags relating to characters and copyrighted material are also banned in ''Halo 3''. Several codes related to characters are described as "reserved for use by the UNSC." All others are "not allowed under current UNSC regulations." Subsequent games have featured no such restrictions, and only prohibit profanity. The "UNSC" tag is not allowed either in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
-== Dis-Allowed Service Tags ==
+=== Halo 3 prohibited tags ===
+* Every service tag ending in -'''00''' - "reserved for use by the UNSC"
+* '''A23''' - "reserved for use by the UNSC"; [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]]
+* '''A55'''
+* '''L17''' - "reserved for use by the UNSC"; [[John-117]]
+* '''I17''' - "reserved for use by the UNSC"; John-117
+* '''E43''' - "reserved for use by the UNSC"; [[343 Guilty Spark]] & [[343 Industries]]
+* '''A01''' - resembles "[[Wikipedia:AOL|AOL]]"
+* '''A20'''
+* '''C17'''
+* '''E51'''
+* '''E74''' - resembles Red Ring Error Code, E-74
+* '''F43'''
+* '''F46'''
+* '''F48'''
+* '''F49'''
+* '''N34'''
+* '''N64''' - [[wikipedia:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]]
+* '''N84'''
+* '''P52''' - [[wikipedia:PlayStation 2|PlayStation 2]]
+* '''T17'''
+* '''U50'''
+* '''V50'''
+* '''Z17'''
-Some certain service tags are not allowed because they are vulgar, offensive, or copyrighted. Here are some of them:
+== Trivia ==
+* Some of the above service tags (I17, for instance) actually can be used. It's pure luck, however, as the player may be given that service tag at random when he or she first plays ''Halo 3'' on an Xbox 360 profile.
+* Some service tags that resemble PlayStation or Nintendo products, like N35 ([[wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]), P59 ([[wikipedia:PlayStation Portable|PSP]]), W11 ([[wikipedia:Wii|Wii]]), P51 (PS1 or [[wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation 1]]), and P53 (PS3 or [[wikipedia:PlayStation 3|PlayStation 3]]), are not banned in ''Halo 3'' and can be used.
-A23, A20, A55, N19, F49, T17, N64,  L17, I17, A00, Z00, P00, P53, W17, P52, P51, M00, J00, G00, A01, B69, I69, T12, T17, E29, 000, D00, P15
+== Sources ==
+{{Ref/Sources}}
-There still may be more, but the few above are the tags that have been discovered.
+{{Customization}}
+[[Category:Customization]]