[DOC] Removes LGTM Badges from README.md (#1651)

* Added synk.io badge

* Removes LGTM badges and repurposes the row to Synk Advisor

* removes LGTM badges

* making final changes to this PR

* Add whatsnew note

* Add bullet to lgtm entry

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Co-authored-by: Pratham Chauhan <Prathamchauhan2002@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Adam R. Jensen <39184289+AdamRJensen@users.noreply.github.com>

MANIFEST.in

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ global-exclude \#*
 global-exclude .ipynb_checkpoints
 
 exclude .coveragerc
-exclude .lgtm.yml
 exclude .stickler.yml
 exclude codecov.yml
 exclude readthedocs.yml

README.md

@@ -36,17 +36,6 @@
     </a>
   </td>
 </tr>
-<tr>
-  <td>Code Quality</td>
-  <td>
-    <a href="https://lgtm.com/projects/g/pvlib/pvlib-python/context:python">
-    <img src="https://img.shields.io/lgtm/grade/python/g/pvlib/pvlib-python.svg?logo=lgtm&logoWidth=18" alt="lgtm quality grade" />
-    </a>
-    <a href="https://lgtm.com/projects/g/pvlib/pvlib-python/alerts">
-    <img src="https://img.shields.io/lgtm/alerts/g/pvlib/pvlib-python.svg?logo=lgtm&logoWidth=18" alt="lgtm alters" />
-    </a>
-  </td>
-</tr>
 <tr>
   <td>Benchmarks</td>
   <td>

docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.5.rst

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Testing
 
 Documentation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
+* Remove LGTM.com integration. (:issue:`1550`, :pull:`1651`)
 
 Benchmarking
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Kevin Anderson (:ghuser:`kanderso-nrel`)
 * Will Holmgren (:ghuser:`wholmgren`)
+* Pratham Chauhan (:ghuser:`ooprathamm`)