From 59c74085e31eeb8c6baf8bd962bde5e48ec12414 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tremain Knight <2108488+tkknight@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 08:53:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added whats new for pr3873

---
 docs/iris/src/whatsnew/latest.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/latest.rst b/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
index 9f2c77ebdb..be4062b788 100644
--- a/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
+++ b/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. include:: ../common_links.inc
+
 <unreleased>
 ************
 
@@ -239,6 +241,12 @@ This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
 * `@rcomer`_ added argument descriptions to the :class:`~iris.coords.DimCoord`
   docstring. (:pull:`3681`)
 
+* `@tkknight`_ added two url's to be ignored for the ``make linkcheck``.  This
+  will ensure the Iris github project is not repeatedly hit during the
+  linkcheck for issues and pull requests as it can result in connection
+  refused and thus travis-ci_ job failures.  For more information on linkcheck,
+  see :ref:`contributing.documentation.testing`.  (:pull:`3873`)
+
 
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