From 3424642b248e42954296a8c1ec534a5db3547675 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Hawkins <simonjayhawkins@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:31:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] DOC: Start v1.4.4 release notes

---
 doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst  |  1 +
 doc/source/whatsnew/v1.4.3.rst |  2 +-
 doc/source/whatsnew/v1.4.4.rst | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 doc/source/whatsnew/v1.4.4.rst

diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
index ccec4f90183bc..926b73d0f3fd9 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Version 1.4
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   v1.4.4
    v1.4.3
    v1.4.2
    v1.4.1
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.4.3.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.4.3.rst
index 2550a12ebbb9d..cec0561b34b1d 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.4.3.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.4.3.rst
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ Other
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. contributors:: v1.4.2..v1.4.3|HEAD
+.. contributors:: v1.4.2..v1.4.3
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.4.4.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.4.4.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b462f0c6a8ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.4.4.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+.. _whatsnew_144:
+
+What's new in 1.4.4 (July ??, 2022)
+-----------------------------------
+
+These are the changes in pandas 1.4.4. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
+including other versions of pandas.
+
+{{ header }}
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_144.regressions:
+
+Fixed regressions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_144.bug_fixes:
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_144.other:
+
+Other
+~~~~~
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_144.contributors:
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. contributors:: v1.4.3..v1.4.4|HEAD