Talk:Salvo Montalbano

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I think he should possibly be referred to by his full name of Salvatore rather than Salvo. However, I have only read one book, so there may be some issue about this in other books or the TV series. 203.54.163.41 03:17, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

No. I've read all the books in Italian, and as far as I remember it, he is always called Salvo and never Salvatore. Actually, I think Salvo is his name and not an abbreviation. 85.178.87.239 (talk) 10:44, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Agreed; I have read everything in canon, and his name is Salvo, which is also the name of his two godsons.67.189.148.191 (talk) 19:29, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Shouldn't this page be about the TV program itself, not the character? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.170.75.168 (talk) 07:57, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

In the L'odore della notte @18:47 the document is shown where the character is referred as Salvo Montalbano. So that should be his official name in the series. Artur Zinatullin (talk) 20:37, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Which name is the most appropriate for this article?

Hi, I've noticed that this article has been renamed from "Inspector Montalbano" (very well known because of the TV series) to "Salvo Montalbano" (unsure if so widely known, even though is the main character of the series). Having said that... why was the article renamed? Which is the most appropriate name for this article?
Thanks & kind regards, DPdH (talk) 00:23, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Montalbano's official police title is not Commisioner

Somebody translated the Italian term commissario --borrowed from medieval Latin commissarius, meaning "executor testamentary" and later "person in charge of a mission" (derived from the past participle of committere, "to commit, to assign")-- as commissioner. In anglophone countries, the police Commissioner (principally in use in the US) or Chief Constable (usually British Commonwealth) is the police official at the top of a police corps. But that is not the case in Italy where there is a range of commissarios in the bureaucratic police pyramid; the same is true of other countries, such as France or Argentina. In Italy, the Commissario Capo or Vice Questore Aggiunto of the National Police [Polizia di State] is the equivalent of a US Police Commissioner. But a simple commissario is, as in the case of Montalbano, the police officer in charge or chief of a commissariato, which is a police station or detachment that can either serve an entire township of small or medium dimensions (e.g. Vigata), or a limited area within a metropolitan city. The same occurs in France for the 'commissaire' in charge of a National Police's 'commissariat' or Argentina for the 'comisario' in charge of a 'comisaría' of the Federal or Provincial police. I've changed the text as litte as possible to describe Montalbano as Chief of police at Vigata. The use of Chief may remind some of Martin Walker's Bruno, the chief of the police of Saint-Denis, but keep in mind that his is a *municipal* police not part of the French National Police (formerly known as the Sûreté nationale) so he is not a 'commissaire'. -- BBrox 29 Jun 2021