Added what's new entry

doc/users/whats_new/updated_pyplot.rst

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+Updated fignum_exists to take figure name 
+-------------------------------------------
+Added the ability to check the existence of a figure using it's name
+instead of just the figure number.
+Example:
+	figure('figure')
+	fignum_exists('figure') #true