I wouldn’t even bother finishing the old courses. The newer ones are more accurate and less bloat and more content than the old ones.
I have myself finally dropped (yesterday) the German A2 for the more manageable 1-7 course
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There’s an urgent need for short grammar explanations in the new 1-7 courses(old A1/A2 had it in the mems)!
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@Mimi there is a course forum for these 1-7 courses. Grammar explanations can be done by creating Mems. Did you try?
Old courses already had pretty good explanations as Mems. So wouldn’t it be easier to transfer them instead of re-creating / duplicating? 
I guess it wouldn’t take too long for contributors who can edit the databases.
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Mems are linked to the words through the database, if new sets are created, the Mems are not carried over (I understand).
Copying mems would be a nightmare, as you need to go into each item to do it.
If a set is different how to chose the mems to put in. If the sets are basics there might be various equivalent sets with many different mems.
The link above says that;
1,2,3=A1
4,5=A2
6,7=B1
I am not sure which one is true?
Good question! I never saw that link. I’m going to guess that the 1,2,3=A1 , 4,5,6,7 = A2 is referring to the old Memrise courses A1and A2 and the 1,2,3=A1, 4,5=A2, 6,7=B1 refers to the European standard language levels. This would mean maybe Memrise added more material to the overall course. Still, when people ask the Memrise moderators they always seem to answer with the A1-A2 version. I’d like to see what they say about it.
Also, the link needs updating because they now have videos for a lot more languages.
It is accurate to my point of view. With those seven sections, you can reach a B1 level, in the fact that you can speak and be understood about simple subjects .
For B1 it says :
- Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
- Can deal with most situations likely to arise while travelling in an area where the language is spoken.
- Can produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest.
- Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
Thank you for the answer, I agree with you. I checked few courses in German 7; it feels like all of these tasks can be done with what is in there. An official explanation would clear the doubts, though.
Ah, yes maybe that is the case.
Yes, also I realized that the links need updating :). So maybe that link is older than the post says that A1=1,2,3 and A2=4,5,6,7.
A clarification by the moderators would be good.