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==My ID== 
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|align="center"|'''Location'''
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|{{User Sicily}}
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|{{User Italy}}
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|align="center"|'''Music'''
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|{{User Guitar}}
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|align="center"|'''Beliefs'''
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|{{User:Myrtone86/Social Democrat (OSV)}}
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|{{User:UBX/human form}}
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|{{User:UBX/EU Supporter}}
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|{{User:Angelo.romano/User Sicilian as Official Language}}
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|align="center"|'''WikiProjects'''
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|{{User WikiProject Football}}
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|{{User WikiProject Sicily}}
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|align="center"|'''Programming'''
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|{{User python-4}}
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|align="center"|'''Other'''
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|{{userbox|black|pink|[[Image:Palermo-Catania 2006.jpg|45px]]|This user's motto is '''''foizza [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Paliemmo]]!'''''}}
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|{{User:Angelo.romano/User Football coach}}
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|{{userbox|red|white|[[eh]]|This user speaks basically [[Canadian English]], and is proud of it}}
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|+ '''My [[Political Compass]] Scores<br/><small>[http://www.politicalcompass.org http://www.politicalcompass.org]</small>'''
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!Date !! Social  !! Economic
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|align=right|[[December 3]], [[2005]]
|align=right|-6.15
|align=right|-5.13
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|align=right|[[February 26]], [[2006]]¹
|align=right|-7.23
|align=right|-7.00
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|align=right|[[May 9]], [[2006]]
|align=right|-7.08
|align=right|-7.38
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|align=right|[[May 21]], [[2007]]
|align=right|-6.72
|align=right|-6.88
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|align=right|[[October 22]], [[2007]]
|align=right|-6.41
|align=right|-6.75
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|align=right|[[January 6]], [[2016]]
|align=right|-7.38
|align=right|-7.03
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|align=right|[[June 6]], [[2022]]
|align=right|-7.49
|align=right|-7.13
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|align="left" colspan="3" bgcolor="white"|<small>¹ I think the imminent [[Italian general election, 2006|Italian general election]] did some effects on my current beliefs...</small>
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'''First name''': Angelo<br/>
'''Last name''': Romano<br/>
'''Born''': [[June 19]], [[1982]] in [[Mazara del Vallo]], [[Sicily]], [[Italy]]<br/>
'''Citizenship''': Italian<br/>
'''Currently living in''': [[Palermo]], [[Sicily]], [[Italy]]<br/>
'''What I do now''': Computer scientist (Web developer)<br />
'''Known languages''': [[Italian language|Italian]] & [[Sicilian language|Sicilian]] (mother tongue), [[English language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (fluent), [[Dutch language|Dutch]] (intermediate level), and some basics of [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]] and [[Catalan language|Catalan]] too<br/>
'''Favourite football team''': [[Palermo FC]]<br/>

==More stuff about me==
Professionally, I am a senior software developer and a computer science graduate. I enrolled at the [[University of Pisa]] in September 2000, then achieving a [[Bachelor's degree|Bachelor's Degree]] in [[Computer science|Computer Science]] in October 2004 and a [[Master's degree|Master's Degree]] in [[Information technology|Information Technology]] on 12 October 2007.

I lived in [[Pisa]], Italy (yeah, the city of the [[leaning tower]]) from 2000 to 2007, and then I spent a year in [[Florence]] working as a Web developer. In November 2008, I finally left my bittersweet homeland and moved to the [[Netherlands]]. After a few months in [[Amsterdam]], in February 2009, I moved to [[Groningen]], where I lived until September 2011, when I moved to [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. I successively spent 1.5 years in [[Utrecht]] before moving to [[Barcelona]], where I have lived from March 2016 to March 2023, after which I moved back to Sicily, in the city of [[Palermo]].

I also had an exchange student experience in the January-May 2004 period at the [[University of Ottawa]], located in [[Ottawa]], the capital city of [[Canada]], where I learned that few English I am able today to use.

I spend my free time enjoying drinks and live music alone or with friends (but now to a much lesser extent than earlier), playing and writing songs and trying to become a football coach. I also used to organize and manage [[football (soccer)|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 cared about...).

Another thing I love, which is still difficult for me financially, is travelling around the world, especially unplanned trips. A short list of places which I hope to visit before I die is available [[User:Angelo.romano#Places to be visited|here]].

==Music==
I released several homemade demos and CDs, which can all be found and downloaded at my [http://www.angeloromano.com personal music website]. I also played live concerts (solo and with band) around Europe extensively, hitting countries such as [[Germany]], [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], [[Poland]], [[France]], [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]] and [[Latvia]] with my original songs.

==My favourite topics==
[[Sicily]], its history and its culture, Italian [[association football|football]] (and related things, of course), [[Politics of Italy|Italian politics]], history of [[rock music]], the [[university|universitary]] world of Italy (because I think [[culture]] is the real richness) and, surely, anything else you want ;-)

==Things to read==
'''Political theories'''
*[[Social democracy]]
*[[Democratic Socialism|Democratic socialism]]
*[[Christian communism]]
*[[Eurocommunism]]
'''Swedish way to social democracy'''
*[[Social welfare in Sweden]], [[Scandinavian welfare model]], [[Olof Palme]]
'''Canadian way to social democracy'''
*[[Medicare (Canada)|Medicare]], [[Tommy Douglas]], [[New Democratic Party]]
'''Left-wing [[politics of Italy]]'''
*[[Italian Communist Party]]
*[[Enrico Berlinguer]]
*[[Giorgio Napolitano]]
*[[Democrats of the Left]]
*[[Party of Italian Communists]]
'''Something about my island'''
*[[Sicily]], [[Flag of Sicily]] and [[Sicilian language]]
*[[U.S. Città di Palermo]]
'''Political/social ideas I support'''
*[[Free migration]]
*[[Civil union]]s
*[[Labor rights]]
*[[Public education]] and [[Public university|university]]
*[[European integration]]
*[[Medical cannabis]]
*[[Euthanasia]]
*[[Abortion law|Abortion right]]

==Various==
I also contribute occasionally on [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Angelo.romano Italian Wikipedia], mainly about Sicilian, Canadian, musical and political articles, and (very) rarely on [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Angelo.romano English Wiktionary], [http://scn.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Angelo.romano Sicilian Wiktionary], [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Angelo.romano French Wikipédia], [http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Angelo.romano Wikimedia Commons], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Angelo.romano Wikibooks].

I have a [[Wikipedia:Are You a Wikipediholic Test|Wikiscore]] of 125.

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==Barnstars and awards==
{{award2|image=SportBarnstar.jpg|size=100px|topic=The Reynald Pedros' Barnstar|text=I present you this original sport man's barnstar in recognition<br /> and appreciation to your tireless efforts in the improvement<br /> of [[football]] ([[soccer]]) articles. Just like Reynald, you've struggled<br /> to make this football world a better place. <small>[[User:Abdelkweli|<span style="color:midnightblue;">Abdelkweli</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Abdelkweli|Talk]]|[[Special:Emailuser/Abdelkweli|@]]</sup></small>  (UTC) }}

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: bottom; height: 1.1em;" | '''The Running Man Barnstar'''
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|style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | This barnstar awarded to Angelo Romano for his contributions to Italian sport on Wikipedia. '''[[User:Blnguyen|Blnguyen]]'''  ([[User talk:Blnguyen|bananabucket]]) 06:14, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
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{{BronzeWiki|For replacing non-free images with free ones, [[User:Quadell|Quadell]] awards you this shiny new Bronze Wiki! Use it only for good, and never for evil.<br /><small>Not redeemable for marshmallows. Keep out of reach of vandals. Not to be used as a prophylactic. Void in Vermont.</small>}}

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | The laborious task of sorting out all those images deserves some recognition. Well done. [[User:ChrisTheDude|ChrisTheDude]] 07:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | 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''. --[[User:Riurik|Riurik]]<sup>[[User talk:Riurik|(discuss)]]</sup> 07:06, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
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