Provide the link you get when attempting to join the server as your answer to Q1, and bold it by adding back the second set of two asterisks. If it is formatted as something like ban.dark-gaming.com/x with x being a number, you are indeed banned and should follow through with the appeal, providing said ban link for your answer to Q1.
If, on the other hand, you received a message saying “Blacklisted IP” followed by a link, then you should refer to the thread it points to:
Do not post a new appeal; edit your existing one. Post a reply here once you have made the corrections.