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Martin Sleziak
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MO policy regarding pseudonyms that are other people's real name

I have noticed just now that a user has chosen as pseudonym "Alexander Grothendieck", which I'm a bit unconfortable with (the probability that it is also that user's name is extremely low, hence my surmising this is a pseudonym ; apologies if it isn't.)

what is the policy of MO regarding the use of somebody else's real name as a pseudonym in general, and of a mathematician in particular ?