User:Angelo.romano

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[edit] My ID

Babel
it Questo utente è di madrelingua italiana.
scn St'utenti canusci lu sicilianu comu la sò lingua matri.
en-3 This user is able to contribute with an advanced level of English.
es-1 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español.
fr-1 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français.
ca-1 Aquest usuari pot contribuir amb un nivell bàsic de català.
Location
This user comes from Sicily.
This user comes from Italy.
This user lives under the Tuscan sun.
Music
This user plays the bass guitar.
This user plays the guitar.
gtr-3 This user is an advanced guitarist.
bss-3 This user is an advanced bass guitarist.
This user is a music composer.
Beliefs
This user is a Social Democrat.
This user sees nothing wrong with the human form and doesn't view it as something that needs to be hidden.
This user supports the
European Union.
This user wants Sicilian to be recognized as first and official language of his native country.
This user wants all of Europe to adopt the euro.
WikiProjects
This user is a member of WikiProject Football.
Flag This user is a member of WikiProject Sicily.
Programming
C-4 This user is an expert C user.
c++-3 This user is an advanced C++ programmer.
Java-4 This user is an expert Java programmer.
php-3 This user is an advanced PHP programmer.
css-3 This user is an advanced Cascading Style Sheets user.
xhtml-3 This user is an advanced XHTML user.
Perl-2 This user is an intermediate Perl programmer.
py-2 This user is an intermediate Python programmer.
Other
This user's motto is foizza Paliemmo!
This user drinks beer.
B
This user is a blogger at Don Angèlo Blog
f This user has a Flickr account as aromano .
This user is a football coach
This user thinks that registration should be required to edit articles.
eh This user speaks basically Canadian English, and is proud of it
girl-0 This user is single by choice (not of him)
UO This user has an affiliation with the University of Ottawa.
This user is an administrator on the English Wikipedia. (verify)
My Political Compass Scores
http://www.politicalcompass.org
Date Social Economic
December 3, 2005 -6.15 -5.13
February 26, 2006¹ -7.23 -7.00
May 9, 2006 -7.08 -7.38
May 21, 2007 -6.72 -6.88
October 22, 2007 -6.41 -6.75
¹ I think the imminent Italian general election is doing its effects on my current beliefs...

First name: Angelo
Last name: Romano
Born: June 19, 1982 in Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, Italy
Citizenship: Italian
Currently living in: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
What I do now: Computer scientist (Web developer)
Known languages: Italian & Sicilian (mother tongue), English (sort of fluent), French (just the basics)
Favourite football team: U.S. Città di Palermo
My personal blog: [1] Personal music website: [2]

[edit] More stuff about me

I am a 25-year old software developer, and a computer science graduate. I enrolled at the University of Pisa in September 2000, and achieved a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science on October 2004, and a Master's Degree in Information Technology on October 12, 2007.

I lived in Pisa, Italy (yeah, the city of the leaning tower) from 2000 to 2007, and now I live in Florence, where I work as a Web developer.

I also had an exchange student experience, in the January-May 2004 period, at the University of Ottawa, located in the capital city of Canada, where I learned that few of English I am able today to use. I really loved Canada, and it is not so obvious for a Sicilian guy to be impressed by a place in which it snows and is cold every day.

I spend my free-time by enjoying beer with friends (but now with much less extent than earlier), playing/writing songs with an electric, acoustic or bass guitar (all instrument I keep into my tiny one-roomed flat in the city downtown, listening to good music (in the rock/jazz/blues/indie range). I also used to organize and manage football teams at the local university Sports Services (CUS Pisa) for the Intramural University Leagues with unimpressive results (at least the lads did respect me, that's what I really cared about...).

Another thing I really love, but is somehow forbidden to me by money reasons, is traveling around the world, especially unplanned trips. A short list of places which I hope to visit before to die is available here.

About my work interests in computer science, currently I am getting specialized on web information retrieval, data mining and web mining issues. In addition, I have been involved in two software projects which can be found on SourceForge, a repository for open-source applications:

  • Irudiko [3] (Basque for "similar"), a library for generating LSH-compliant sketches, i.e. smaller representation of document, from any textual content, especially HTML pages. The project was recently embedded into WIRE, a nice C++ web crawler developed by a Chilean research center.
  • Zu Pippino [4] (Sicilian for "Uncle Joe"), a CMS/Wiki engine, written in PHP and compatible with the most common free DBMSs, such as MySQL and PostgreSQL. This project is however abandoned since late 2004 due to lack of time and interest in improving it.

Let me state this: my English sucks. I often tend to mix up American, British and even Canadian English, probably due to the fact I learned the few words I know in a "neutral" country being surrounded by foreigners from all over the world. And my speaking skills are possibly even worse mainly due to my strong Sicilian accent.

[edit] Coaching career

Angelo Romano
Personal information
Full name Angelo Romano
Date of birth June 19, 1982 (1982-06-19) (age 25)
Place of birth    Mazara del Vallo, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Player/Manager
Teams managed
Mar-Apr 2003
Jun-Jul 2003
Oct-Dec 2003
Oct 2004-Apr 2005
May-Jul 2005
May-Jul 2006
Oct 2006-Apr 2007		 PFC Tu Rischi (11 a side, assistant coach)
Nino Barraco FC (7 a side)
Scantateam United (5 a side)
Jack Daniels OFC (5 a side)
Leadernello (7 a side)
Leader Plate (7 a side)
Leaderpool (5 a side)


* Appearances (Goals)

In my university free-time I also served as a football coach at the local intramural university league level. It all started as a joke, however I liked it so much I am seriously considering to seek a coaching license later this year (according to the current Italian Football Federation rules, I must be at least 25 in order to attend the classes and obtain a UEFA B coaching license, that is the minimum required to fill a managing position in Italian amateur leagues). You know, I find pretty exciting to sit down on my bench and start shouting nonsense towards the pitch, the players and the referee. However, despite my hot-blooded character, I've never been sanctioned by a ref and my teams have always shown a correct discipline, because I deeply care about respect and I always considered football for what it really means to me: that is, a game. Victory is fine, yep, but it's much less important than enjoyment, and I get angry when people do not understand this basic principle of sports and life.

Note: All teams and results refer to University Intramural Leagues held in Pisa, Italy.

Period Tournament Team Result
2002/2003 Football P.F.C. Tu Rischi¹ 4th place
2002/2003 Seven-a-side football Nino Barraco Fans Club 2nd place
2003/2004 Five-a-side football Scantateam United² Serie B, 16th finals
2004/2005 Five-a-side football Jack Daniels O.F.C. Serie A, Quarter finals
2004/2005 Basketball The Mobsters 9th place
2004/2005 Seven-a-side football Leadernello³ 4th place
2005/2006 Seven-a-side football Leader Plate 4th place
2006/2007 Five-a-side football Leaderpool Serie C, Quarter-finals [5]
¹ Role of assistant coach

² Resigned in December 2003

³ Best team result: Romano also coached two other teams, U.S. Porta 'a Birra and JD Senators, both eliminated at the 16th finals

[edit] Music equipment

Here is my own music equipment I have at my home. I use all of this stuff in order to record my own songs:

I released a number of homemade demos and EPs, which can be all found and downloaded for free at my personal music website.

My music works are also featured in alt-pop/rock band I Ragazzi del Falò (The Bonfire Boys). You can find out more about my solo projects on my website (see below on 'External links').

[edit] Places to be visited

This is a list of places to be visited, according to me, organized by country (the ones I already visited are shown as bolded):

[edit] Places that I have visited

Including only cities that really deserve to be mentioned for some reason, either personal or not.

[edit] My favourite topics

Sicily, its history and its culture, Italian soccer (and related things, of course), Italian politics, history of rock music, the universitary world of Italy (because I think culture is the real richness) and, surely, anything else you want ;-)

[edit] Things to read

Political theories

Swedish way to social democracy

Canadian way to social democracy

Left-wing politics of Italy

Something about my island

Political/social ideas I support

[edit] Best articles written by me

Sports
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U.S. Città di Palermo • U.C. AlbinoLeffe • A.C. Mantova (including team logo) - Rimini Calcio F.C. (including team logo) - U.S. Avellino • Eugenio Corini • Andrea Fortunato • Alberto Gilardino • Luca Toni (yes, The Traitor...) - Carolina Morace • Totò Schillaci • Darko Pančev • Zdeněk Zeman (the best coach ever) - Catenaccio (my favourite football tactic) - Luigi Del Neri • Mario Santana • Andrea Caracciolo • Stefania Belmondo • Serie D • Julio Ricardo Cruz • Roberto Néstor Sensini • Antonio Cassano • Serse Cosmi • Marco Zoro • Valerio Bertotto • Stephen Makinwa • Pietro Vierchowod • Giuseppe Papadopulo • Carlo Mazzone • Čestmír Vycpálek • Giovanni Tedesco • Andrea Barzagli • Cristian Zaccardo • Fabio Grosso • Simone Barone • Julio Valentín González • Ciccio Graziani • Manuel Pasqual • Aimo Diana • Pasquale Foggia • Gianluca Comotto • Luca Bucci • Francesco Tavano • Victor Nsofor Obinna • Enzo Bearzot • Karl-Heinz Schnellinger • Nereo Rocco • Nedo Sonetti • Franco Scoglio • Rodrigo Taddei • Doni • Houssine Kharja • Alessandro Birindelli • A.S. Cosenza Calcio • Manuele Blasi • Luciano Moggi • Mauro Esposito • Daniele Bonera • Alessandro Gamberini • Franco Semioli • Serie A 2005-06 • Fábio Simplício • Giuseppe Dossena • Giovanni Galli • Gianluca Festa • F.C. Nuorese Calcio • A.C. Boca San Lazzaro • Rovigo Calcio • A.S. Fortis Spoleto F.C. • Celano F.C. Olimpia • Pol. Val di Sangro • S.S. Cassino 1927 • A.C. Monopoli • Paganese Calcio 1926 • A.S. Sorrento Calcio • Eccellenza • Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira • Gennaro Del Vecchio • Daniele Zoratto • A.S.D.C. Canelli • S.S.D. Licata 1931 • Valentino Lai • Alessandro Rosina • Attilio Tesser • Stefano Colantuono • Marco Giampaolo • Pasquale Marino • Luigi Cagni • Delio Rossi • Stefano Pioli • Walter Mazzarri • Mario Beretta • Giovanni Galeone • Helge Bronée • Roberto Anzolin • Santiago Vernazza • Gionatha Spinesi • Renzo Ulivieri • Nicola Ficano • Alberto Cossentino • Franco Colomba • Antonino Asta • Carlo Mattrel • Ignazio Arcoleo • Gustavo Neffa • Leandro Grimi • Alberto Malesani • Marco Macina • Luca Pancalli • Sicilian derby • Richard Vanigli • Gianni De Biasi • Fernando Veneranda • Alberto Bigon • Carmelo Di Bella • Fernando Orsi • Orlandina Basket • Scafati Basket • Sutor Basket Montegranaro • S.C. Marsala 1912 • G.S. Mazara 1946 • Bruno Bolchi • Renzo Gobbo • Rosario Pergolizzi • Matjaž Florijančič • Dario Hübner • Maurizio Zamparini • List of Palermo players • List of Palermo managers • List of Inter players • Michele Serena • Gaetano Vasari • Marco Branca • Marco Osio • Giorgio Venturin • Gian Piero Gasperini • Edoardo Reja • Fabrizio Castori • Giovanni Stroppa • Sebastian Giovinco • A.S.D. F.C. Alzano • Giulio Nuciari • Roberto Biffi • Gyula Feldmann • Maximiliano Faotto • Giancarlo Corradini • Silvio Baldini • Andrea Mandorlini • José Ignacio Castillo • Massimo Pedrazzini • Pablo Granoche • Davide Possanzini • Angelo Massimino • Diego Raimondi • Luigi De Canio • Luciano Chiarugi • Roberto Landi • Marco Cellini • Giuseppe Pillon • Angelo Gregucci • Mario Somma • Nevio Orlandi • Alessandro Calori • Gaël Genevier • Anselmo Robbiati • Julio César Ribas • roster updates for all Serie A and Serie B teams • SVG logos for US Palermo, Spezia and Torino FC • and, last but not least, the legendary template set for updating football squads
Politics & Co.
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Piero Fassino • Walter Veltroni • Michele Santoro • Lilli Gruber • Daniele Luttazzi • Marco Travaglio • Pietro Ingrao • Nichi Vendola • Pier Ferdinando Casini • Marco Follini • Democrats of the Left and a few other national parties of Italy - Italian general election, 1996 • Italian general election, 2001 • Italian general election, 2006 • Paolo Borsellino • L'Unità • Elections in Italy • Primary elections in Italy • The Union (Italian coalition of parties) - Rose in the Fist • Rita Borsellino • Loris Fortuna • Sergio Cofferati • Christian Democracy for the Autonomies • The Italian Socialists (including party logo) - Liberal Reformers • Social Idea Movement • Movement for Autonomy • Salvatore Cuffaro • Clemente Mastella • Oliviero Diliberto • Enrico Boselli • Sicilian regional election, 2006 • Italian municipal elections, 2006 • Gianni Letta • Franco Marini • Meliorism (politics) • Italian presidential election, 2006 • Il Giornale • Giorgio Amendola • Arturo Parisi • Cesare Damiano • Alessandro Bianchi • Paolo De Castro • Paolo Gentiloni • Paolo Ferrero • Livia Turco • Giuseppe Fioroni • Movement for the Independence of Sicily • Independence Republic of Sardinia • Democratic Party (Italy) • Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, 2007
Culture, History and Geography
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University of Pisa • Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa • Dancing Satyr of Mazara del Vallo (including a few pictures of it) - Mazara del Vallo • Sicily • Jimi Hendrix • Arancini (mmmm!!!!) - Andrea Camilleri • Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies • La7 • Beppe Severgnini • Flag of Sicily • Ignazio Buttitta • Campobello di Mazara • Ammazzacaffè • Lupara • Galileo Galilei International Airport (Pisa Airport) - Il Messaggero • San Benedetto del Tronto • Sesto San Giovanni • Pizzighettone • Trapani-Birgi Airport • Atessa • Pagani, Italy • Torralba, Italy • Sant'Angelo Romano (self-referential?!?) - Monticiano • MTV Italy • Vita, Italy • Patti, Italy • Scilla, Italy • Naso, Italy • Forza d'Agrò • Valderice • Santa Ninfa • San Vito Lo Capo • Salemi • Salaparuta • Partanna • Paceco • Custonaci • Carnival of Viareggio • RAI Radio1 • RAI Radio2 • RAI Radio3 • Prostitution in Italy • La Sicilia • Giornale di Sicilia • Lampedusa Airport • Pantelleria Airport • DBSCAN • Mazaro • Antonio Albanese • The Official languages of the European Union template • Logos, in SVG format, for the three RAI TV channels, namely Raiuno, Raidue and Raitre, plus the old logo of TMC (now La7) • Flags, always in SVG format, for the Italian regions of Tuscany, Sardinia and Sicily • SVG version of the Social Democracy logo • New version of the Italian city infobox template • Revised version of the Sicilian flag, now made much more similar to the official version

[edit] Various

I also contribute occasionally on Italian Wikipedia, mainly about Sicilian, Canadian, musical and political articles, and (very) rarely on English Wiktionary, Sicilian Wiktionary, French Wikipédia, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikibooks.

I have a Wikiscore of 125.

My identity commitment is as follows:

Committed identity: 5b07e061e5b80d925765d2bcebb79850197c2dc19b5072302a76bbb629350040a8b2d9390d65b548395af95ee2ac7e9b08aa5c79c2c4f15217157f95c79cf22e

is a SHA-512 commitment to this user's real-life identity.

[edit] Barnstars and awards

The Reynald Pedros' Barnstar
I present you this original sport man's barnstar in recognition
and appreciation to your tireless efforts in the improvement
of football (soccer) articles. Just like Reynald, you've struggled
to make this football world a better place. AbdelkweliTalk
The Running Man Barnstar
This barnstar awarded to Angelo Romano for his contributions to Italian sport on Wikipedia. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:14, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
The Bronze Wiki
For replacing non-free images with free ones, Quadell awards you this shiny new Bronze Wiki! Use it only for good, and never for evil.
Not redeemable for marshmallows. Keep out of reach of vandals. Not to be used as a prophylactic. Void in Vermont.


The Working Man's Barnstar
The laborious task of sorting out all those images deserves some recognition. Well done. ChrisTheDude 07:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Football (soccer) barnstar
You are hereby awarded this "Football Barnstar" for dedicating your time and effort during the month of November, 2007 on formulating Wikipedia's NC for sports teams. --Riurik(discuss) 07:06, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

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