I tend to agree with the idea that checklist should be short and apply
to only critical or commonly forgotten items.

When you add too many item and it becomes a procedure then you are
likely to miss or skip critical items on the list. Or it becomes so
long that you eventally just don't do it at all.

W ater
U ndercarriage
F laps
S peed
T rim
A irbrakes
R adio Intentions
E nter Pattern

could easily be shorted to WU, Water because it can be easy to forget
and Undercarriage because it is critical and easy to forget.

My Take off critical check list is:

Canopy closed (Critical)
Controls Checked (Critical)
Flight Recorder on (easily forgotton)

It is just a sticker on instrument panel.
My assembly critical assembly check list is a sticker on the access
cover. I don't install the access cover until the check list complete.

Brian