diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew.rst
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@@ -33,55 +33,3 @@ These are new features and improvements of note in each release.
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.16.2.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.16.1.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.16.0.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.15.2.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.15.1.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.15.0.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.14.1.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.14.0.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.13.1.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.13.0.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.12.0.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.11.0.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.10.1.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.10.0.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.9.1.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.9.0.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.8.1.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.8.0.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.7.3.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.7.2.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.7.1.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.7.0.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.6.1.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.6.0.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.5.0.txt
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-.. include:: whatsnew/v0.4.x.txt