Merge pull request matplotlib#31727 from QuLogic/whatsnew311

DOC: Prepare What's New page for 3.11

Author: QuLogic

doc/api/next_api_changes/behavior/violinplot_empty.rst

@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ histogrammed data, ignoring any other artists. `.Axes.hist2d` now behaves simila
 `.Axes.imshow`: axes limits are updated to fit the data, but autoscaling is not
 otherwise disabled.
 
+Axes.violinplot and cbook.violin_stats ignore non-finite values
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+`~matplotlib.axes.Axes.violinplot` and `matplotlib.cbook.violin_stats` now ignore masked
+and non-finite (NaN and inf) values.
+
 Minor log tick labels are set by number of major log ticks, not number of decades spanned
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

doc/api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.11.0/behavior.rst

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
    :undoc-members:
    :show-inheritance:
 
+.. autofunction:: matplotlib.testing.conftest.text_placeholders
 
 :mod:`matplotlib.testing.compare`
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