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No, it's the opposite. If a paragraph runs across a page break then the smaller bit before or smaller bit after so page is filled is the Widow or Orphan. I forget which is which. Intuitively I'd imagine a line (or two) finishing a paragraph but on the top of the next page is an Orphan and a line (or two) alone that's the start of a paragraph on the bottom of a page is the Widow. But I may have them back to front.
I think a setting of one basically means a paragraph doesn't jump to the next page if otherwise a Widow or Orphan is created. I can't see how 0 has a meaning. But I could be wrong.
If you have to page back to re-read a paragraph in entirety to understand it, it MIGHT be there is a widowed or orphaned line (or two, or three), or it might mean it's badly written or you were distracted. Obviously it's easier to cope with a split paragraph were neither the orphan or widow is less than four lines. Or three.
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