A whole lotta documentation fixes: Fixes #8704, #8826, #8980, #9243, #9343, #9529,

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@10303 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

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diff --git a/docs/faq/usage.txt b/docs/faq/usage.txt
index e335403ace..6c3c518bb2 100644
--- a/docs/faq/usage.txt
+++ b/docs/faq/usage.txt
@@ -67,3 +67,13 @@ Using a :class:`~django.db.models.FileField` or an
        Django. For example, if your :class:`~django.db.models.ImageField` is
        called ``mug_shot``, you can get the absolute URL to your image in a
        template with ``{{ object.mug_shot.url }}``.
+
+How do I make a variable available to all my templates?
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+Sometimes your templates just all need the same thing. A common example would
+be dynamically-generated menus. At first glance, it seems logical to simply
+add a common dictionary to the template context.
+
+The correct solution is to use a ``RequestContext``. Details on how to do this
+are here: :ref:`subclassing-context-requestcontext`.