Apologies for not putting our decision at the end of the thread. Due to it being locked early, (which isn't a good sign) we had not realised we didn't communicate our views.
We will not be lifting the ban, in part because of the responses on the thread itself. We had also been provided with plenty of evidence that your behavior remained the same elsewhere, which contradicted what you claimed in your appeal. We appreciate you owning up to past mistakes but without changing the way you act we have no interest in lifting the ban.